Conservation Articles

Arizona’s Big Game Super Raffle tags help raise money for wildlife and provide hunters a unique opportunity to chase big game.

Alabama wildlife officials are cautiously optimistic that invasive silver carp, which can wreak havoc on reservoir ecosystems, has not expanded its range in the state’s waterways.

A potentially devastating situation has been confirmed in multiple states with the discovery of viral Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, and a variant of the virus that causes it. The ramifications on wild populations of rabbits, along with predators that feed on them, could be huge.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District have removed 5,000 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida’s Everglades ecosystem.

President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law, which will help improve public lands and stabilize funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Canadian Wildlife Service are working on a multi-year, collaborative Atlantic brant migration and breeding ecology study.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using acoustic telemetry to track fish movements in the Great Lakes.

Waterfowl hunting traditions include buying federal and state duck stamps each season. The process is now easier with online purchase opportunities.

Think you know about large-scale aquatic plant management better than the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission? Now's your chance to shine.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigation into illegal hunting reports over the course of several years led to a plea deal with a Texas man who paid fines in excess of $53,000 thanks to the persistence of wildlife officers.

Once upon a time in America, common sense was, well, common. It is not so anymore.

The U.K.'s Minister of International Wildlife, Zac Goldsmith, has called for a full ban on importation of any hunting-related item including heads, skins or other body parts from around the world. Safari Club International is working to blunt the attempt to fast-track approval of this proposed ban.

It’s a fact that hunters are the greatest conservationists on the planet, and as this series of photos shows, sportsmen will go to some extreme measures to help wildlife whenever possible.

Thousands of fish are dead after two massive sewage spills in three Alabama rivers, including one by a company fined in 2016 for a pollution issue.

When you have limited acreage to hunt, hold bucks by staying out.

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has proposed new or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities at 74 national wildlife refuges and 15 national fish hatcheries managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

In the latest game warden chronicles, a Michigan man claims the bait he put out was for deer and not turkeys so it was OK for him to kill a turkey.

In the latest of game warden chronicles from around the United States, a conservation officer is shocked at what one turkey poacher does on a road.

If you don't have food plots on your property or don't want them, there are other habitat improvements you can make that keep deer hanging around.

Before finalizing your wildlife management plans for this year, consider planting food plots for each season based on tips from these experts.

How many times have you made the call of shame to ask your buddy to bring the chain? This isn’t a rare occurrence for hunters putting in food plots this spring. Here are ways to avoid that moment and tips to get unstuck if you don’t.

Sure they deliver your mail, but some mail carriers also count wildlife. Here’s how the postal service helps determine long-term population trends of bird species.

In a supreme court decision that could have broader implications on captive deer hunting in the U.S., last week’s outcome sends a message.

University of Wyoming documents “epic” migration of mule deer No. 255. After a 150-mile trek, this doe didn't settle down with the rest of her herd. She marched on, covering nearly 100 more miles.

"The Real Wolf" takes a science-based look at the impacts this animal has made on big game and livestock populations as a federal-protected species.

An Arizona senator has introduced a bill to remove the recovered Mexican gray wolf from the ESA.

The Missouri Game Commission has banned all feral hog hunting on its conservation lands, believing that shooting hogs scatters sounders and makes it tougher to eradicate the swine.

With support from the Safari Club International Foundation, scientists have created a new method to estimate the age of lions within 6 months by examining their teeth.

The groups said threats to wolves in Idaho and Montana have increased significantly as both states revised policies to aggressively reduce wolf numbers through sport hunting and killing wolves in hard-to-reach areas.