Given that they have spread to at least 39 states, there appears to be only two places left in the lower 48--where they are now and where they are going to be. The impact they will have (or are having) on the native avifauna has yet to be determined, but one thing is certain, the Eurasian collared-dove has staked a claim in North America. And it likes the neighborhood.

President Obama signed the $32.2 billion Interior, Environment and Related Agencies fiscal year 2010 (FY10) appropriations bill into law on October 30.   The bill provides a 17 percent increase in spending from last year’s appropriation for most of the natural resources and environmental agencies in the federal government, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. 

The Texas A&M team of Paul Manley of Orange, Texas, and Andrew Shafer of Chatfield, Texas, stunned the crowd on Monday bringing in a bag of six bass totaling 17 pounds, 2 ounces to win the National Guard FLW College Fishing Texas Regional Championship on Sibley Lake with a three-day total of 16 bass weighing 30-7.

The Future Fisherman Foundation (F3) today announced the launch of a new program, Tournaments for Tomorrow, that will provide financial support for youth fishing programs such as the mentor-based Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs program, the school-based Physh Ed angling and boating education program, and the Boys & Girls Clubs' C.A.T.C.H. after-school fishing program.

The National Wild Turkey Federation distributed nearly $250,000 in October 2009 as it continues to advance its mission of benefiting wildlife conservation and protecting hunting traditions. The dollars are distributed to states and programs through the NWTF Hunting Heritage Super Fund.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Max Baucus (D-MT) have introduced legislation to permanently provide $900 million to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The program will provide $450 million annually to states and local communities for close-to-home parks and outdoor recreation facilities.

Texas Trophy Hunters Association (TTHA) is celebrating hunters during Hunter Appreciation Month! From wildlife conservation to economically supporting our local, state and national communities, hunters take better care of our planet than any other group of people and TTHA wants to say, "Thanks!"