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.

May 2007
New addition to WMI family
Worth reading
WMI's path forward
April 2007
New Chapter for WMI
March 2007
Chronic Wasting Disease update
Conservationists irked by USDA promotion of amber waves of gas at CRP expense
National Wildlife Refuges to suffer large cutbacks in staff:
Tennessee provides leadership for native grass restoration in the Southeast:
Rio Grande Bosque legislation introduced
Worth reading:
February 2007
Secretary Kempthorne and Richard Louv to keynote North American Conference:
Elk book again available and at huge discount:
Predator/prey workshop at North American set agenda:
Proposed plowing of the Farm Bill
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit partners advocate rejecting budget request:
Worth reading
January 2007
Cellulose may soon take the starch out of ethanol
Proposal for year-round drilling on critical big game range gains momentum and contention:
76th (2011) North American Conference slated
Moguls may preempt habitat for threatened lynx
WMI launches new Website:
Worth reading
Ruffed grouse have a plan
Reports of National Bison Range agreement demise prove to be greatly exaggerated
December 2006
72nd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference registration:
November 2006
North American Bird Species Shown to be Susceptible to Avian Influenza
Longleaf pine restoration gets huge boost from Conservation Reserve Program
Worth reading
Predator/prey workshop to be held at North American Conference
New book gets rave notice
With dove vote, Michiganders shoot science-based wildlife management in the foot
Geothermal energy issue still boiling at the Valles Caldera National Preserve
Northeast states get positively proactive on State Wildlife Action Plans
Nominations sought for 2007 northern bobwhite quail awards
Controversy still stalking elk feedgrounds in Wyoming
October 2006
Hunting/conservation organizations line up to urge expanded use of Coop Units
Suspected culprit identified in CWD transmission
Prairie Grouse Management Plan making progress
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act is reauthorized
Worth reading
Worth reading
September 2006
Related meeting and function requests being accepted for 72nd North American Conference
Waterfowl gain reprieve from plan to expand oil and gas development in Alaska
Matt Dunfee to join WMI
Antis take a shot at the mourning dove hunting season in Michigan
McGraw Wildlife Foundation extends the Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow program
New CRP initiative in Prairie Pothole Region bodes well for ducks
Oil shale potential in the West rises once again
Workshop on aquatic nuisance species slated for North American Conference
Exhibiting at the 72nd North American Conference
U.S. citizens strongly back hunting and fishing
August 2006
New report reveals problems with Bison Range agreement
Wyoming and feds still growling over wolf management
New twist in reauthorization of Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
July 2006
USDA creates NRCS Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center
NRCS assists woodcock restoration in the Northeast
More on 72nd Conference Special Sessions
ONB survey
Global warming is culprit in western forest fires?
June 2006
72nd Conference Special Sessions announced and prospective presenters invited
Thinking Like a Manager?A new WMI book
A louder, clearer come-back call for bobwhites
Nominations open for WMI's Touchstone and Presidents awards
Mapping the Platte River management plan
New publication reports on effectiveness of Farm Bill conservation programs
Recovering black-footed ferrets may get the shaft
Worth reading
WMI value substantially increased by a Ruble
May 2006
Gunnison sage-grouse dodges listing
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units look to the Senate for help
Report calls for immediate, shared conservation actions across greater sage-grouse range
Worth reading
Maine towns to take responsibility for their conservation future
There is such a thing as too many elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
April 2006
Three receive high honors
"Split estate" at issue across the West
Worth reading
IP sale of almost 5.7 million acres is sign of the times
New BLM office building to cut off critical pronghorn migration route
Initiative becomes fish-or-cut-bait action plan
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