Tag: policy

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has released a new position statement titled Managing for Biodiversity in Northeastern Forests. Approved last month, the statement expresses concern that the effects of...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced his support of plans to reintroduce grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) to North Cascades National Park and the surrounding North Cascades ecosystem. Returning grizzlies...

The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act has been permanently reauthorized in the omnibus spending bill Congress passed last month. The act facilitates strategic land sales by the Bureau of Land...

To tackle the issues that ‘fire borrowing’ has created with other U.S. Forest Service operations, a broad coalition of legislators worked together to create a new eight-year source of funding...

The Environmental Protection Agency posted the Bureau of Land Management’s draft Environmental Impact Statement  and maps for oil and gas developments within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) in...

Last Friday, President Trump signed an omnibus spending bill containing all 12 fiscal year 2018 appropriations bills, preventing another federal shutdown this year when the most recent continuing resolution ran...

A new report released in collaboration between the National Wildlife Federation, American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society celebrates the amazing diversity of wildlife species in the United States and...

Hunters and anglers are being celebrated this week for their continued contributions to fish and wildlife conservation funding. The contributions of waterfowl hunters will be highlighted on next year’s Federal...

The Wildlife Society has signed onto a letter alongside hunting, angling and other conservation organizations in support of funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). This letter, addressed...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has developed grizzly bear harvest regulations for the fall of 2018 that are currently open for public comment. The hunting regulations were developed after...