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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.

August 2025
The Tyranny of the Urgent: Taking Time to Think
A Sustainable Future at the 2025 SBP Americas Forum
Brian Nesvik Confirmed as USFWS Director
USDA Secretary Rollins Announces Department Reorganization Plan
Federal Judge Sends Northern Rockies Wolf ESA Status Back to FWS
Northeast Conservation Leadership Program Launched
Texas Anglers Unite to Fill Knowledge Gaps on Black Bass
July 2025
The Scientific Method as an Approach to Life in the Information Age
Foundations of Conservation: North American Wildlife Policy of 1973
Working Across the West: WAFWA’s Approach to Landscape-Level Conservation
Invasive Tick Brings New Protozoan Disease to United States
Backyard Biodiversity in Residential Yards
June 2025
Public Lands: Acres, Dollars, and Identities
Foundations of Conservation: 1930 American Game Policy
Working Lands, Wildlife: A Wild Goose Chase Win?
Call for North American Conference Special Session Proposals
Federal Judge Upholds a Wetlands Conservation Law Known as 'Swampbuster'
American Pronghorn Movements in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
May 2025
Foundations of Conservation: A Bias to Action
Lessons from a Woodpile
How Did it All Start? The Emergence of Conservation Without Conflict
Exploring Linkages Amongst Regional Landscape Conservation Partnerships
When Habitat is Not Enough: Pesticide Risks Affect Monarch Survival
DOI Implements Emergency Permitting for Energy
USDA Offers Grants for Transporting Dead or Downed Trees
Bill Would Close Loophole on Fishing, Archery Excise Tax Evasion
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
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