Outdoor News Bulletin

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?

Pollinators in our National Wildlife Refuges

USDA Launches New Bobwhite Conservation Pilot and Announces General Conservation Reserve Program Signup

New Online Fair Chase and Hunter Ethics Module Launched

February 2024

Supreme Court Hears Case Regarding Federal Agency Decision-Making

WMI President's Message