There has been a public outcry since the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) first alerted the nation about Australian wine maker Yellow Tail’s planned $100,000 donation to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).  Subsequently, Yellow Tail has stated it still plans to make the donation to the nation’s largest anti-hunting group despite the growing opposition of America’s sportsmen and farmers. 

The Australian maker of  Yellow Tail Wine has pledged $100,000 to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s largest anti-hunting organization. This partnership offers further proof of HSUS’ work to spin its animal rights message in a way as to seem mainstream. 

U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman (NM) and Max Baucus (MT) introduced legislation in November that would permanently provide $900 million annually to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the federal government’s main program to protect land and provide outdoor recreation opportunities.

Range, one of the country’s greatest champions for sportsmen-conservationists, has been honored with a posthumous nomination as a finalist for the 2010 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year. 

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. 

Two-thirds of the nation's attorneys general have filed a "friend of the court" brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

On Friday May 22nd, President Obama signed the Credit Card Holder Bill of Rights.  This bill contained a provision allowing individuals to lawfully carry their concealed firearms on National Parks and Refuges if the state in which the park or refuge is located allows for concealed carry.

This summer, get out into nature and see some wildlife - in your backyard, at your local park or on a nearby national wildlife refuge. You'll create family memories to last a lifetime, and if you take your digital camera, you'll not only capture those memories, but will have the opportunity to submit them as part of an online image mosaic at http://fws.gov/letsgooutside.

Groups Push Interior Secretary to Follow Through on National Park Service Decision.  The attacks on traditional, lead ammunition continue to rapidly descend on sportsmen.