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

 |  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

Study: Asian carp could live in all five Great Lakes

 |  Jul 12, 2012

If Asian carp invade the Great Lakes, the voracious fish could survive and spread throughout all five of the lakes, according to a new study by Canada’s Department of Fisheries and … Read more

Camping Traditions Provide Best Family Memories

 |  Jun 14, 2012

Camping comes in all styles but traditional camping trips are perhaps the most special. When I was young, my parents took me and my two older sisters for three weeks … Read more

Ohio’s Steelhead and Walleye Left At Risk

 |  Jun 4, 2012

Today, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill (press release) that fails to protect Lake Erie’s rivers and impairs our rights as hunters and anglers and the public’s use of … Read more

Hey, Sports Illustrated: Why Doesn’t the Outdoors Count as ‘Sports’ Anymore? (Updated)

 |  Apr 26, 2012

Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated ‘photo vault’ archivist Andy Gray came across a curious cover from SI’s past: This week’s SI cover is out and it features … Seals in … Read more

Dear Congress: More sturgeon, less pollution.

, ,  |  Apr 16, 2012

My Michigan colleague, Brenda Archambo, is on her way to testify before the U.S. Senate to help ensure that a 200-million-year-old fish species doesn’t get wiped out by smokestacks, mercury … Read more

A Great Fishery in Dire Straits

, ,  |  Apr 3, 2012

In August 2005, my two sons and I embarked on our annual float down the Susquehanna River. Our family has been floating the river for over 25 years, camping on the islands, and wade-fishing for smallmouth bass. We’ve floated and fished most of the area from Sunbury down to Harrisburg. Read more

GUEST POST: On Fishing, Family and Fighting for the Future

,  |  Mar 25, 2012

Andy McDaniels is the National Sportsmen’s Outreach Coordinator for NWF’s Vanishing Paradise Campaign to restore the Mississippi River Delta. I am the past Executive Director for the Oklahoma Wildlife Federation, … Read more

GUEST POST: Hooked on Fishing

,  |  Mar 23, 2012

Blake is a freshman at the University of Central Oklahoma majoring in English education.  He grew up in Luther, a small town in central Oklahoma and has volunteered hundreds of … Read more

Back to Our Roots: Connecting to the Outdoors Connects Me to Family

 |  Mar 7, 2012

The brisk chill of the early mornings in Washington, D.C. before the city becomes occupied by thousands of footprints, beeping horns, and the air is tainted with smoke and smog … Read more