Hunting & Shooting

• South Dakota Hunters Take 1.9 Million Birds in 2008 
• Charleston Turkey Caller Takes Top Honors At NWTF Convention 
• Louisiana Operation Game Thief Holds Annual Meeting 
• UAM Students, Arkansas GFC Bolster Deer Research 
• Utah Poaching Witness Bags Trophy Elk 
• PA Game Awards NWTF With First Ever Elk Tag For Auction 
• Snow Goose Hunters Urged To Watch For Swans 
• Minnesota Hunters Harvest Fewer Deer In 2008 
• Walton Short’s Long Arkansas Elk Legacy Comes To An End 
• Missouri Hunters Set A Safety Record In 2008 
• Hunters Took 605 Moose in Vermont’s 2008 Hunting Season 
• Missouri Archery Hunters Set Deer Harvest Record
• Young Iowa Hunter Bags Rare Waterfowl Trophy 
• Kentucky's New State Record Elk 
• Deer Smugglers from Texas, Minnesota, Sentenced to Prison 
• Turkey Harvest Down In South Carolina - Spring 2008 
• Pennsylvania Elk Hunters Harvest 42 Elk in 2008 
• Archer Kills Giant At McAAP
• Five More Deer Test Positive for CWD In West Virginia
• DNA Compels Plea In Iowa Turkey Poaching Case
• Tennessee Deer Hunter Lay Injured In Woods For 4 Days
• Utah Poachers Charged Following Chase and Accident
• For Wisconsin Teacher, Iowa is Pheasant Hunting Paradise
• Arkansas Hunter Attacked By Wounded Buck
• Arkansas GFC Wildlife Officer Shot While On Routine Patrol
• M.D. Deer Data Collection Changes With Self Check
• Young AR Hunter’s Disability Doesn’t Keep Him Out Of Deer Woods
>>More Hunting News<<

Public Lands

• Visits to California Wildlife Refuges Generates $31 Million
• Perdido River WMA - Hunting and So Much More
• Mary Bomar Confirmed As New Director Of National Park Service
• Geocaching Now Permitted In Minnesota State Parks
• Control Of Beetle Infestations Begins In Alabama State Parks
• Colorado prepares for the newest addition to the State Park System
• Valley Forge NHP Under Attack
• 2.18-Carat White Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park
• Forest Service Can Be Sued Over Sage Grouse Decline
• 1.11 - Carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park
• Dinosaur Tracks at Denali
 >>More Public Land News<<

Press Releases

Press releases for new products and other outdoor related issues

• Winchester and Browning Enter Firearms License Agreement
• S&W Receives 4th Military Contract
• LifeTag Man Overboard System 
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Caving

• Death of Endangered Bats Under Investigation
• New York DEC Protects Bat Hibernaculum in the Adirondacks
• Marijuana Growing Operation Found In Cave
• Woman Pulled From Cave Identified
• 4 Die In Accident
• Inside Mother Earth: The Caving Experience
• Kauai Cave Plan
• Mariana Fruit Bat
• 4 Die In Accident
>>More Caving News<<

Environment

• S. Carolina Attorney Wins Environmental Awareness Award
• Fire Gives Rare Plants a Second Chance
• Parker Branch Stream Team Receives Award From President Bush
• New York State Announces Efforts to Help Control Sirex Wood Wasp
• Weeds and water, simply stated
• Emerald ash borer found in White County, Indiana
• Volunteers Haul 29 Tons Of Trash From Delaware River
• West Nile Virus Found In Sage Grouse In Oregon
• Florida Wildlife Law Violators Face Enhanced Penalties
• Catawba-Wateree Agreement Conditions Will Benefit Wildlife
• Chinese Mitten Crab Collected From The Patapsco River
• How To Stop The Spread Of Zebra Mussels
• Missouri Nature Garden Brings Generations Together
• Missouri's 3,000th Stream Team is a Family Effort
• Zebra Mussels Found in Iowa's Lake Delhi
• Three ways we can reduce pollution
• Legal Action Before Exxon Mobil to Clean up Contamination Area
>>More Environment News<<

Outdoors

Selection of general outdoor stories

• Big South Fork Backpacking
• Big South Fork Day Hikes
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Climbing

• 30 Climbers Scale Mount Everest
• Climber Dies in Boulder Canyon Fall
• McKinley Oldest Summit Climber
• Woman Dies in Fall From Inflatable Wall
• Mt. Huntington Climber Missing
• Climber Dies in Boulder Canyon Fall
• Climber Dies in Everest Test
>>More Climbing News<<

Archery

• Alabama State Championship Archers Announced
• BowTech Archery Compound Bows Recalled
• Missouri Archery Hunters Set Deer Harvest Record
• VA to Host 1st National Archery in Schools Program Tournament
• Archer Kills Giant At McAAP
• Alabama’s First Community Archery Park Now Open
• West Virginia’s Archery in the Schools Program Reaches 100 Schools
• Ohio Youth Archers Take Third At National Tournament
 >>More Archery News<<

Bikes & Riding

• Mountain Bike Facilities Dedicated at Oak Mountain State Park
• Arkansas Home to Epic Mountain Biking Trails
• Bicyclist Killed In Collision With Motorcycle In Crater Lake N.P.
• RAGBRAI Cyclists "Learn about the Land"
• Versailles State Park Mountain Bike Trails
• White Lightening Mountain Bike Race at LBL
• Illinois Bicycle Trails
• Outdoor Chattanooga Names "Bicycle Coordinator"
• Consumer alert: Bicycle helmets recalled
• Cyclist Struck By Truck; Third Bike Wreck in 14 Days

 >>More Bicycle News<<

Fishing

• Exceptional Anglers Teaches Special Needs Kids the Art of Fishing
• 1970 N.C. State Record Channel Catfish Re-Instated
• Winter Angling Record Set At Spirit Lake Iowa
• Lake Conroe Texas Largemouth Bass Makes Top 50 List
• Oklahoma Sportsman Recognized For 20 Years Of Volunteer Service
• Fly Fisherman’s Chippewa River Catch Confirmed As World Record
• Record Size Chinook Salmon Found in California
• Kentucky Teen Catches  State Record Muskellunge
• Maine Youth Catches Record-Setting Artic Charr
• Catfish Rescued From Receding Iowa Flood Waters 
• 13 LB TX ShareLunker Caught Twice in Lake Casa Blanca
• Virginia Gears Up For Potential Fish Health Issues 
• Oklahoma Fish Earn Place In Lake Records Program
• Trout Stocked By Chopper In Lower Saluda River
• 700,000 Eggs Destroyed To Protect Salmon Program
• Old Shovelnose Sturgeon Living in the Yellowstone
• Old Shovelnose Sturgeon Living in the Yellowstone
• North Carolina State Record Kokanee Salmon Caught  
• Indiana Wildlife Officers Bust International Caviar Ring
• Oklahoma Smallmouth Record Almost Broken At Lake Eufaula
• Nine Kentucky Lakes Stocked as Part of Largemouth Bass Initiative
• Georgia's Jeff Durniak Recognized By Trout Unlimited
• How To Stop The Spread Of Zebra Mussels
>>More Fishing News<< 

Wildlife

• Colorado Lynx Kittens First Since 2006 
• Another Yellowstone Wolf Confirmed in Colorado 
• Florida Biologists Use Magnets To Keep Nuisance Crocodiles Away 
• Florida FWC Biologists Rescue Manatee From Golf Course Pond 
• Annual Georgia Waterbird Census Reveals Positive Numbers 
• Florida FWC Records High Manatee Counts During Survey 
• UAM Students, Arkansas GFC Bolster Deer Research 
• White-Nose Syndrome Surfaces in Pennsylvania Bats 
• Wild Turkeys Released In Utah's 9 Mile Canyon 
• Bobcat Attacks Florida Man 
• Idaho Wolverine Trapped Tagged and Released 
• Minn. Women Convicted of Smuggling Animal Parts Into USA 
• Bison Released In Book Cliffs Utah 
• Underpasses Focus Of Research To Reduce Deer/Vehicle Collisions 
• Biologists Discover Fish New To North Carolina 
• River Otters Return To New Mexico After 60 Years 
• Serval Killed In Chester County Pennsylvania 
• Florida FWC Biologist Saves Drowning Bear 
• DNA Links California Coyote To Attacked Toddler 
• Highway Underpasses Aid Deer Migration 
• Arizona Cougar Killed For Preying On Desert Bighorns 
• Deadly Rattlesnake Bite Leads to 179 Illegal Snakes
• Black Mule Deer Spotted In Nevada
• Antique Dealer Sentenced For Selling Eagle Feathers
• TWRA Busts Illegal, Venomous Reptile Dealers
• Colorado Lynx Roams To Kansas
• Polar Bears Proposed as Threatened
>>More Wildlife News<<

Outdoor Business

• Florida’s Wildlife-Associated Recreation Is Big Business
• Visits to California Wildlife Refuges Generates $31 Million
• Sage Grouse Work Earns Recognition
• Smith & Wesson Receives Military Pistol Order
• Outdoor Retailers Fight For Market Share
• Property owner calls the shots in hunting business
• Farmers hunting for profits open land
• California Bill To Outlaw Internet Hunting Goes to Governor
• Outdoor Channel Holdings Reports 2005 - 2 Quarter Results
• Tourist businesses help Alaska visitors strike gold
 >>More Business News<<

Hiking

• Trail Volunteers Vital to Ohio's Mohican-Memorial State Forest
• Popular Winter Hike Reveals Beauty Of Hocking Hills
• Close Call for Mt Washington Hikers Is Reminder to Hike Safely this Autumn
• Autumn Is A Great Time To Adopt A Trail
• Popular Jocassee Gorges Trail Reconstruction Now Complete
• Ceremony To Mark Expansion Of Hank Aaron State Trail
• Alaska DF&G Unveils the Alaska Coastal Wildlife Viewing Trail
• Pribilof Islands Trail added to National Trails System
• Body of Hiker Recovered from Mount Sunapee
• Sailor Saves Buddy's Life on Mt. Fuji
• Missing Texas hiker found alive in Rockies
• Wilderness devours the deluded, ignorant and ill
• Woman Attacked By Grizzly In Banff National Park
• 2 hikers injured in Glacier N.P. grizzly attack
• 37 New National Trails in 23 States

 >>More Hiking News<<

Paddling & Rivers

• Eleven New Paddling Trails Slated for Texas Waters in 2009
• Apalachicola Paddling Trail Receives National Recognition
• Lewis and Clark Water Trail Information Online
• Volunteers Haul 29 Tons Of Trash From Delaware River
• Unfinished Missouri River 340 Still Rewarding For One Tired Paddler
• Missouri's 3,000th Stream Team is a Family Effort
• Muskingum River To Be Ohio's Second Designated Water Trail
• Aware Paddlers Haul Tons of Trash from Iowa, English Rivers
• Stream access - Ruby River float
• DNR pilot helps find lost canoeist
• Sa team weathers tough opening day  
• Kayak Shack promotes eco-tourism
• A great day on the river
• Amputee will put kayak arm to ultimate test
• 80-mile kayak trip raises money to fight cancer  
• kayak tour gives glimpse into Barnegat Bay ecosystem
• Bronx teen drowns on kayak trip
 >>More Paddling News<<

Wardens & Rangers

• Florida FWC Appoints Nick Wiley As Executive Director 
• Wes Billings Named Virginia Boating Officer of the Year 
• Arkansas Wildlife Officer Makes Record Meth Bust in Pike County 
• Georgia DNR 2009 State Investigative Ranger of the Year 
• Small, Arkansas GFC Boating Enforcement Officer Of Year 
• Florida FWC Names 2009 Wildlife Officer Of The Year 
• Wyoming Fish Supervisor Dave Dufek Retires After 40 Years
• Florida Wildlife Officer Captures Escaped Prisoner 
• Ed Carter Selected As TWRA Executive Director 
• Louisiana Wildlife Officer Injured During Traffic Stop 
• Ohio State Park Employees Honored for Lifesaving Actions 
• Louisiana Operation Game Thief Holds Annual Meeting 
• Stone Cnty Conservation agent is Missouri's Top Wildlife Officer 
• Anacostia Park Police Catch Armed Rapist
• Texas Game Warden SEAFWA Officer of the Year 
• Arizona Wildlife Officer Rick Langley Wins NWTF Award 
• S.C. First African-American DNR Law Enforcement Officer Retires 
• Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Saves Young Man’s Life 
• Casper Game Warden Named Wyoming Wildlife Officer Of Year 
• Florida FWC Officer Receives Several Awards 
• Hudson Named Alabama Enforcement Officer of Year 
• Georgia DNR Conservation Ranger Shot by Hunter 
• Arkansas Wildlife Officer Dies In Helicopter Crash 
• Poachers Fined $13k Under New Ohio Restitution Law 
• Maine Warden Service Pilot Locates Missing Autistic Boy 
• Florida FWC Officer Pulls Victim From Fiery Crash 
• N. Carolina Wildlife Officers to Graduate from Academy 
• 5K Race To Honor Conway Aspirant Wildlife Officer 
• California DFG Warden Receives National Award 
• Cynthia Harcher New York ECO Officer of the Year 
• Maryland Welcomes New Class Of Park Rangers 
• Singleton Named TWRA Boating Officer Of Year 
• Kim Klein is Vermont's Warden of the Year 
• West Virginia Conservation Officer Helps Save Home, Possibly Lives 
• Wyoming Game & Fish Director, Cleveland, To Retire 
• Lt. Norman Watts, N.C. Boating Officer of Year 
• Larry Voyles Named Director of Arizona Game and Fish  
• Arkansas Wildlife Officer Wins Award From NWTF
• DNA Compels Plea In Iowa Turkey Poaching Case
• Manslaughter Charge Dismissed Against Conservation Officer
• Ben Davis Named Tennessee Wildlife Officer Of The Year
• 3 Arrested On Meth And Poaching Charges in Miss.
• “Operation Foxote” - 18 Arrests for Wildlife Trafficking
• 30 Year NPS Employee Guilty of Theft of Public Money
• Arkansas GFC Wildlife Officer Shot While On Routine Patrol
 
 >>Officer & Ranger News<<