A U.S. House of Representatives vote yesterday could mean permanent easy access for hunters looking to buy their federal duck stamps online. The e-Duck Stamp program, started four years ago on a trial basis, allows hunters 16 and older to purchase temporary duck stamps online until their physical stamps arrive in the mail.

A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Wichita on felony charges of conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and obstruction of justice related to the illegal sale of guided deer hunts in southern Kansas

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has announced the release of its 2011 Conservation Policy Agenda, presenting conservation issues of importance to American hunters and anglers and outlining the sportsmen's priorities for the coming year.

The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies has released a white paper Benefits of Outdoor Skills to Health, Learning and Lifestyle: A Literature Review documenting the contributions of outdoor skills and wildlife-related outdoor education to health, learning and lifestyle in general and fishing and hunting participation in particular.

Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Moving Outdoors in Nature Act (MONA) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill supports federal, state and local strategies that connect children with the natural world.

The voice of America's sportsmen and women will be shared with Congress in regards to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on the Gulf Coast. Thursday, the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo of Guam, will hold an oversight hearing on "Our Natural Resources at Risk: The Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill."

A coalition of the nation's foremost hunting and angling groups today renewed calls for reform of the 1872 General Mining Law following a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve numerous road construction projects within inventoried roadless areas to enable private access to mining sites.

In a resounding vote for conservation of the nation's natural resources, more than 90,000 Americans have signed a petition supporting restoration of federal protections for wetlands and clean water and affirming the crucial role wetland ecosystems play in our lives.

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership today announced that its popular union-focused hunting and fishing club, the Union Sportsmen's Alliance, will become a stand-alone entity separate from the TRCP.

The U.S. Department of the Interior will expand agency initiatives to connect youth to the great outdoors, Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday.