By a margin of 77-20, The U.S. Senate voted for a second time yesterday to approve the Omnibus Public Land Protection Act of 2009-a collection of bills vital to sportsmen and women from coast to coast.

Collegiate anglers will have the opportunity to win up to $1,000 in Cabela's gift cards at bass tournaments held nationwide during 2009. The BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship and regional events sanctioned by the Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) will qualify.

Do you have a hunting, fishing, or outdoors-related photo that deserves to be in print? If so, Outdoors Magazine wants to see it entered in its inaugural Outdoors Magazine Memorable Moments Photo Contest.

Spring in Texas, with its pleasant temperatures, budding trees and riot of wildflowers, reigns as the most popular season for camping. So, there's no better time than the coming months to participate in Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's increasingly popular program that introduces reluctant campers to the joys of pitching a tent under the stars.

Massive antlers are a product of age, genetics and habitat. Encouraging habitat stewardship and conservation is the goal of a 2009 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation traveling exhibit of trophy-class elk.

BASS today announced that they will be offering live, streaming video of the Bassmaster Tournament Trail on ESPN360.com, ESPN's online destination for live sports events and home to over 3,000 live, global events annually. The debut of BASS coverage marks ESPN360.com's first foray into outdoors content and will put BASS events on the same vehicle as other top-tier sporting events.

Professional angler Kim Bain-Moore of Alabaster, Ala., hasn't slowed down since Oct. 25, the day she qualified for the Bassmaster Classic and became the first woman to do so in the prestigious tournament's 38-year history.

In a joint letter, the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership today called on Senate leaders to swiftly pass an economic stimulus package that includes an expanded habitat restoration work force.

BASS announces that Academy Sports + Outdoors increased its involvement with the Women's Bassmaster Tour, becoming the title sponsor of the circuit in a multiple-year agreement. Academy enhanced its level of association with BASS after serving as the presenting sponsor of the WBT since 2007.

Ducks Unlimited hatched from the minds of waterfowl hunters 72 years ago today and continues to conserve habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. The organization's goals have remained the same over the years and the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever echoes across the continent from the bottomland hardwoods of the Mississippi River to California's Central Valley.