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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.

July 2019
FWS Releases Report Documenting Economic Impacts of Refuges
BLM Releases Draft Programmatic EIS on Fuel Breaks in the Great Basin
Robert Wallace Confirmed as DOI Assistant Secretary
June 2019
Supreme Court Rules on Wyoming Hunting Case
USGS Releases New Land Cover Map
Western Governors Pass Resolution on Wildlife Migration Corridors
Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans: Roadmaps to Conservation for Today's Military Installations
Accelerating Development of Effective Fish & Wildlife Management Professionals
Extreme Weather Dominates Midwest Landscapes, Affects Agriculture
Progress Reports on RCN Grants Now Available
Proposals for Special Sessions at 2020 North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference Sought
Building a Home for Endangered Razorback Suckers
May 2019
2017 Census of Agriculture Early Results Available
Testing Camera Traps to Monitor Ungulates
Second Quarter WSFR Excise Tax Update
Movement Patterns of Brown Pelicans in the South Atlantic Bight
UN Report Documents "Accelerating" Rate of Extinctions
America's Wildlife Values Report Released
Habitat Conservation Efforts in Big Game Migrations Receive $2.1 Million in Grants
FWS Announces $20 Million in Coastal Grants
April 2019
Winter, Spring Floods Impact Fish and Wildlife as Well as Agency Operations
Lessons from Recent Bear Attacks
Familiarity Among Partners is the Key to Long-term, Sustainable Conservation Funding
Sharing Regional Data through Nature's Network
Make a Home for Wildlife by Charles Fergus
Missouri Unit Working with FWS to Research Indiana Bat Maternity Habitat
Bernhardt Signs Secretarial Orders, Confirmed as DOI Secretary
Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan Approved by States, Passed in Congress
South Dakota Releases CWD Action Plan
March 2019
Opening Remarks by WMI President Steve Williams During the 84th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Daniel Decker Awarded Natural Resource Management's Highest Honor
Northwest Boreal Social Network Analysis
EPA Rolls Out Proposed E15 Rule while New Research Shows Impacts of Renewable Fuel Stand on Land and Water Resources
Trump Administration Seeks to Delist Gray Wolf, Return Management to States, Tribes
President Signs Public Lands Bill into Law
FWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Provides $1.5 Million for Private Land Habitat Projects in Support of S.O. 3362
Returning Elk to the Southeast: A 20-year Retrospective
Citizen Scientists Help Identify Bat Species Using Acoustic Detectors
Wisconsin Unit's Research Supporting World-Class Muskellunge Fishing in Green Bay
February 2019
Ungulates and Highways Workshop Advances Safety and Conservation
Michigan Reports Results of Testing of PFAS in White-tailed Deer
USFWS White-nose Syndrome Small Grants Projects Selected
Using a Decision-Support Framework to Advance Land Management Research
Senate Overwhemingly Passes Public Lands Bill
Chronic Wasting Disease Bills Introduced in House and Senate
David Bernhardt Nominated as Secretary of the Interior
Eastern Monarch Populations See Sharp Increase
January 2019
Senate Public Lands Bill Introduced in New Congress
Modern Fish Act Enacted
Government Shutdown; DOI Secretary Zinke Resigns
Uniform Carcass Transport Rules Could Help Slow the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
Western States Adopt Monarch Conservation Plan
Restoring Arctic Grayling to Its Historic Range in Michigan
December 2018
Farm Bill Passes Congress
Montana Supreme Court Rules on Conservation Easements
Monarch Butterfly Conservation Meeting
Teams Charging Ahead on Relevancy Roadmap
RCN Project Provides Species Profiles for More than 300 Species of Land Snails in the Northeast
Largest Deer Study on the Move in Kansas
Administration Proposes Updated Waters of the U.S. Definition
BLM Releases Updated Sage-Grouse Plans
NRCS Chief Named
Wildlife Management Short Course at CSU
November 2018
Migration Corridor and Winter Range Conservation Moving Forward
Excise Tax Update - Final FY2018 Collection Data
84th North American Conference Special Sessions Announced
Ohio DNR Announces Forest of Honor Inductees
South Dakota Poised to Triple Wind Energy Capacity
Preventing Disturbance of Bat Hibernation Sites
First-Ever Atlas of Big Game Migrations Published
Skipwith Nominated as Fish and Wildlife Service Director
"Do Not Eat" Advisory Issued for Deer Taken Within Five Miles of Clark's Marsh, Michigan
Lake Erie Offshore Wind Energy Project Moves Forward
October 2018
Yellowstone Grizzly Decision Leaves Unanswered Questions
Interior Blocks Mining in Montana's Paradise Valley
Forest Service Proposes Revisions to Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans
Secretary Perdue Selects Vicki Christiansen as Forest Service Chief
Boone & Crockett Club and WMI Work Together to Impact Wildlife Crime in the U.S.
Big Corn Crop, Difficult Farm Economy Creating More Interest in Farm Bill Conservation
RFP Open for White-Nose Syndrome Small Grants Program 2018-2019
September 2018
House Natural Resources Committee Passes LWCF Reauthorization
"Making It Last" - A National Conservation Outreach Plan to Improve the Awareness and Relevancy of Conservation in the United States
The American System of Conservation Funding - What's It Going to Look Like?
Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program 2.0
Secretary Zinke Reaffirms States' Primary Role in Fish and Wildlife Management
Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Landscape Scales
Book Review: Boone and Crockett Club's North American Wildlife Policy and Law
Understanding Why Burbot Are Becoming Trapped in Irrigation Canals in the Wind River Drainage in Wyoming
Department of the Interior Announces Unified Regions
Farm Bill Conference Moving Slowly Forward
August 2018
Administration Proposes ESA Revisions, Changes Mitigation Policy
Drawing a Relevancy Roadmap... Pathways to "Engage and Serve Broader Constituencies"
Third Quarter Excise Tax Update
Iowa Inventories Conservation Practices
Does What Goes Up Also Come Down? A Management Tool to Explore Alewife
BLM Defers Leases, Adds Stipulations in Wyoming Mule Deer Corridor
House and Senate Designate Farm Bill Conferees
Senate Passes "Minibus" with Interior/Environment Funding
BLM Abandons Idaho Sagebrush Restoration Project
July 2018
2018 Fish and Wildlife Business Summit Scheduled for Late August in Springfield, MO; Focus on Communicating the American System of Conservation Funding
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