Outdoor News Bulletin

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The Outdoor News Bulletin (ONB) was established by the Wildlife Management Institute in 1946. Distributed once a month, the ONB covers key issues and updates on wildlife and natural resource management.

April 2025
Foundational Elements of Wildlife Conservation: Toward a Broader Vision
The Foundation of Conservation is Cracked – Now What?
Opportunities in Times of Rapid Change
WAFWA Releases Conservation Social Science Report
Cooperative Research Units Program Unveils Two Informative Fact Sheets
March 2025
In the Face of Change
Lowell Baier Receives WMI’s Highest Honor, George Bird Grinnell Award
New Groundbreaking Conservation: Successful Reintroduction of the Reticulated Flatwood Salamander
2025 State of the Birds Report Shows Continued Widespread Declines
Survey Shows Near Doubling of Eastern Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico
OICC Partner Story - Gun Owners: Guilty by Association
Partner with a Payer Video Focuses on Pennsylvania Elk Restoration
The Torment of Ticks in the Penobscot Nation, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
February 2025
NASA and WMI Partner to Support Biodiversity
Wintering Western Monarch Surveys Show Large Decline in Numbers from Previous Year
Catalyst to Copper
Private Lands are the Key to Success in Conservation
Wildlife Conservation Funding, Firearm Ownership, and Target Shooting Participation
"Thinking Like a Manager" Training Completed in Florida FWC
Ungulate Migrations of the Western U.S., Volume 5 Released
January 2025
Two New Reports on Chronic Wasting Disease are Available
De-Extinction vs Un-Extinction; Keeping What We’ve Got
Connecting with Conservation: Bringing Conservation Stories to Life
Bringing All Authorities on Deck: Leveraging Federal Authorities to Support State Wildlife Action Plans
Grizzly Bear Remains Threatened, New DPS Created and New 4(d) Rules Proposed
President Biden Signs EXPLORE Act and ACE Act Reauthorization
The Fragmented World of Fragmentation Research
December 2024
APHIS to Begin Implementing Lacey Act Phase VII on Plant Product Imports
Forest Service Announces New Monitoring Policy
USDA Announces New Milk Testing Order for H5N1 Bird Flu in Raw Milk
Birding Proves to be Good for the American Economy
Fair Chase – Is it Changing?
The Longest Season
Leveraging the Full Federal Authority: A Strategy for Enhanced State Conservation Programs
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Endangered Species Act Protection for Monarch Butterfly
USGS Research Helps Oyster Harvests and Restoration in Louisiana and Texas
November 2024
Beyond the Stick: The Untapped Potential of the ESA
Exxon Valdez Funded Kodiak Refuge Acquisitions Turn 30
Update on 2024 H5N1 Influenza A Virus Outbreak in the United States
Open Up and See Awe
State Wildlife Ballot Initiative Successes
Working Lands for Wildlife Announces Sagebrush Conservation Gateway
OICC Partner Story: Foreign-Sourced Direct-to-Consumer Sporting Goods May be Bypassing Conservation Tax
Re-Thinking Salmon Counts: Research Uses Environmental DNA to Fill Monitoring Gaps in Alaskan Salmon Runs
October 2024
Shifting Wildlife Values and Ballot Box Biology
Monarch ESA Listing Decision Expected in December
Canada Announces Draft Transition Plan to Ban Open Net-Pen Salmon Aquaculture in British Columbia
Farm Bill Expiration Will Impact CRP Signups This Fall
Florida's PES Program: A Model for Wildlife Conservation
OICC Partner Story: The Politicization of Wildlife Commissions
OICC Partner Story: How Effective is Your Wildlife Commissioner?
New Study Predicts Grizzly Bear Habitat Use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho
September 2024
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
BLM Releases Final Western Solar Plan
USDA Directs $100 Million to Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction
American Wildlife Conservation Partners Release Conservation Policy Recommendations in the Seventh Edition of Wildlife for the 21st Century
Fish and Wildlife Agency Websites Analyzed
Building Trust in Wildlife Science
In Simple Terms: The Role of Hunters in American Wildlife Conservation
Wildflowers to Support Native Bees in the Southeastern U.S.
August 2024
Conservation Without Conflict Key to Saving Endangered Species
The Unintended Effects of Specialization
Call for North American Conference Special Session Proposals
FWS Establishes Pilot Program for Voluntary Use of Lead-Free Hunting Ammunition on Seven Refuges
BLM Announces Next Steps for Public Lands Rule
Update on 2024 H5N1 Influenza A Virus Outbreak in the United States
Wildfire and Northern Spotted Owls in the Pacific Northwest
July 2024
Supreme Court Decides Case Regarding Federal Agency Rule-Making Process
Understanding the Management, Funding, and Staffing of Human-Wildlife Conflicts by State Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Bridging the Divide
OICC Partner Story: The Power of Local Retail
60 Years of Data Show Shifts in the Winter Ranges of Three Duck Species in the Midwest
June 2024
New Research Suggests Small Range Shifts in Three Midwest Duck Species
Farm Bill Reauthorization Gains Momentum
WMI Signs New Agreement with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to Work on Landscape Conservation in Western States
Harvesting Change: A Conservation Story of Pines and Wildlife
Swampbuster Challenged by Iowa Farmland Owner in Lawsuit
Pondering our Wildlife Biases
Calling All Poachers!
Preserving Puget Sound’s Estuarine Habitats
May 2024
Conservation without Conflict Releases its 2024 Summit Report
OICC Partner Story: What Are Wildlife Funding Diversions?
The World is a Small Place
Leveraging High Performance Computing to Quantify Landscape Change, Hydrology, and Temperature on Fish and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
BLM Finalizes Public Lands Rule
New CEAP Research Assesses Cover Crop Potential for Grassland Nesting Birds
Update on 2024 H5N1 Influenza A Virus Outbreak in the United States
April 2024
House Passes EXPLORE Act
Partner with a Payer Releases Videos on Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Funding
Conservation Coalition Releases Map Visualizing Grassland Loss
Legislation to Reauthorize NAWCA Introduced in Senate
WMI Presents Dr. Kenneth Elowe with Grinnell Award
Old Wine in New Bottles
Understanding Landowners' Concerns About Endangered Species on Their Land
HPAI Detected in One Human in Texas, and Some Cattle on Dairy Farms in Eight States
Michigan DNR Announces Field Trial for the Study of Vaccinating Deer Against Bovine Tuberculosis
Ungulate Migrations of the Western U.S., Volume 4 Released
March 2024
Transforming Conservation in America: Insights from the 2024 Annual Coalition Summit
Reflecting on Opportunities for Change
OICC Partner Story: Do State Wildlife Councils Work?
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