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How the Fiscal Cliff Will Hurt Hunting and Fishing

Wildlife Facts | Dec 5, 2012

This post is part of our series on the impacts of “sequestration”—a series of automatic budget cuts that will kick in starting in January unless Congress acts. These cuts will … Read more

Thank You, Clean Water Act, for Our Fishable Waters!

Conservation, Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | Oct 19, 2012

Forty years ago, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was in flames and Lake Erie was a biological wasteland. Many of the nation’s rivers were little more than open sewers. On October 18, … Read more

The Clean Water Act: Up Close and Personal

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Oct 18, 2012

There’s an adage about the sport of fishing that suggests a person can pursue this national pastime for an entire lifetime and never come to the realization that catching fish has … Read more

Fishing the Nottoway: A Clean Water Blessing

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Oct 18, 2012

This is a guest post by Jeff Turner, Blackwater/Nottoway Riverkeeper My Dad and I were fishing the Nottoway River in Virginia a few years ago, a river I grew up on … Read more

A New Path Forward for Salmon in the Columbia River Basin

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Oct 2, 2012

The wild salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake Rivers are truly one-of-a-kind. Many of these fish travel farther inland and higher in elevation than any salmon in the … Read more

Hunters and Anglers Favor Restoring Clean Water Act Protections for Wetlands and Streams

Conservation, Get Outside | Oct 2, 2012

This is a guest post by G. Richard Mode from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Just last week a national poll of hunters and anglers reaffirmed what we all know: regardless … Read more

Surveying Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts

Conservation | Sep 5, 2012

Story and photos by Jared Serigné. The Delacroix Island where my grandfather was raised will never exist again. I’m okay with that. I’ve come to terms with it. I love … Read more

Montana Sushi Girl: My Fish Tale

Conservation, Students and Nature, Wildlife Facts | Sep 5, 2012

The first time I took my daughter camping we went to Rock Creek, a blue ribbon trout stream just 30 minutes east of Missoula, Montana. My father took me there … Read more

Stand with Heroes Fighting for Appalachian Mountains

Conservation, Get Outside | Aug 13, 2012

When I traveled as a college student to the coalfields of Appalachia to learn from the women and men fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, I had no idea the strength … Read more

Affiliate Program Aims to Empower Returning War Veterans Through Conservation and Angling

Get Outside | Jul 16, 2012

National Wildlife Federation’s Oregon affiliate, the Association of Northwest Steelheaders (ANWS), is preparing to launch an exciting and innovative program that aims to help returning war veterans develop new skills … Read more

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