Hunting Headlines
| May 17, 2008 |
| Lifelong Passion Earns Alabama Teen National Recognition |
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Anna Lee Harris, a native of Eufaula, Ala., received the National Wild Turkey Federation's 2008 National Scholarship and $13,700 for college during an awards banquet at her high school May 15. EUFAULA, Ala. -- Hunting and conservation became one of Anna Lee Harris' passions at an early age. This passion has led Harris, a Eufaula, Ala., native, to outdoor adventures and time spent with her family, and now has helped her earn top honors and $13,700 for college. Harris received the National Wild Turkey Federation's 2008 National Scholarship during an awards banquet at her high school May 15. Harris competed with 42 other state winners to earn the $10,000 scholarship. Before that,...
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| May 17, 2008 |
| Nebraska SAFE Enrollment Opens Monday May 19th |
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Lincoln, Neb. - May 16, 2008 - On Monday, May 19th, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) will open enrollment for Nebraska’s new State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) program. Part of the continuous enrollment portion of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Nebraska's two approved SAFE projects allocate nearly 23,000 acres targeted to enhance and expand habitat for pheasant, quail and greater prairie chickens. Announced this January at Pheasants Forever’s National Pheasant Fest, SAFE represents an important change to CRP that encourages state-specific wildlife focused projects. Nebraska's SAFE projects - the Nebraska Upland Birds SAFE and the Nebraska Tallgrass ...
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| May 17, 2008 |
| Black Hills Conservationists Join In Funding Lakota Mountain Lion Study |
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RAPID CITY - A group of conservation organizations have joined together to provide funding to continue the mountain lion studies that the Ogalala Parks & Recreation Authority has been conducting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the last three years. The South Dakota Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Sierra Club's National Wildlife & Endangered Species Committee, the Rapid City Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, the Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation, Prairie Hills Audubon Society, and Tom Huhnerkoch, DVM, have joined together to provide $5,900 in funding for the OSPRA study during the 2008 season. The Oglala Sioux Tribe has designated the study of the mount...
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| May 17, 2008 |
| SIERRA CLUB PROJECTS SUPPORT HUNTING FISHING AND CONSERVATION |
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As part of a regular, internal grant-making program to Sierra Club Chapters and Groups, Sierra Club's Environmental Partnerships Committee has awarded funding to a number of local projects that support hunting, fishing and conservation. This spring Sierra Club's Environmental Partnerships Committee, in cooperation with Sierra Club Chapters and Groups, is committing over $31,000 to projects that support and enhance America's outdoor heritage.In West Virginia Sierra Club will be contributing $4,200 towards a partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to build a disabled access fishing pier on the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Once completed, the pier will incr...
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| May 17, 2008 |
| Channel catfish released - Grand Forks Herald |
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Channel catfish released Grand Forks Herald, ND - May 16, 2008 n 39 inches (30 pounds, 2 ounces), 35 inches (22-2), 34½ inches (21-11), 34 inches (21-5) and 34 inches (20-12) ? Steve Bergland, Drayton, ND, ...
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| May 17, 2008 |
| Bushmaster 338 Lapua |
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?You?ve gotta see this.? It?s the kind of call on my cell phone I love to get when I?m at a gun show, especially when I?m at a playground like the NRA Annual Meeting. In this case Michael Bane was...
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