A lifelong passion for preserving prairie land seeded by a high school summer job that didn’t turn out quite like he expected has earned Panhandle rancher Jim Bill Anderson the 2010 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas, a prestigious recognition conferred by Sand County Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of its Lone Star Land Steward Awards program.

One of the nation’s premiere hunting ranches, Hunter Ridge Ranch of Camdenton, Mo., has announced its support for the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) and that it will begin coordinating with ADWA to establish a youth-based outdoor education camp to take place this summer.

A four-year, multi-agency investigation that began when two Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens received information about possible stolen property on two Northeast Texas ranches has ended with federal prison sentences for a father and son who pled guilty to transporting stolen property and wildlife trafficking.

Serving to promote the deer and wildlife industry, the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance™ (ADWA) and Silver Stag™ Knives, specialists in hand-crafted field gear, are pleased to announce a new cooperative program to raise funds for youth education.

For several years, the Texas chapter of the national Children & Nature Network has been exploring ways to reconnect families and children with nature and the outdoors. The national movement grew out of Richard Louv’s 2006 book “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder.”

Wonders & Worries is the only program in the nation that provides professional, free support in an individual as well as group setting to children with a parent diagnosed with a terminal disease.  Wonders & Worries services are always free of charge and are available in English and Spanish. Currently more than 2400 people in over 500 families are served by Wonders & Worries.