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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.

February 2019
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
First Offshore Wind Energy Proposal in Great Lakes "Re-Commences" Review Process
WMI Hires Sara Sylte to Support Grizzly Bear Outreach in Montana
Animations Encourage People to Help Bats
Data Sources Matter - A Case Study of the Dwarf Seahorse
House Passes Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Update
Administration Rolls Out Reorganization Plan
Senate and House Pass Farm Bill, Conference Expected to Occur this Summer
June 2018
Senate Releases Its Version of Farm Bill, House Continues to Muddle Farm Policy
The Future of Bison in Montana?
Link Between CWD and Deer Movement Focus of State Policy Actions in Midwest
"Explorers for Bats" Film Shows How Climbers Can Help Save Bats
USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Honors Student Named 2018 Goldwater Scholar
National R3 Symposium Held in Nebraska
Bureau of Land Management to Implement Sagebrush Restoration on 600,000 Acres in Idaho
White-nosed Syndrome Detected in Wyoming Bats
May 2018
Alaska Moose Monitoring Workshop
Second Quarter Excise Tax Receipts Show Continued Drop in Wildlife Restoration Fund
House Resources Committee Approves Bills to Amend Pittman-Robertson
Call for North American Conference Special Session Proposals
Golden-Winged Warbler Conservation in North America
President Trump Signs Keep America's Refuges Operational Act into Law
Bureau of Land Management Sends Wild Horse and Burro Plan to Congress
Zinke Proposes Mineral Withdrawal in Wyoming Bighorn Sheep Winter Range
April 2018
Omnibus Appropriations Bill Signed into Law
Opening Remarks by WMI President Steve Williams During the 83rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Songbirds Soaring Off the ESA
Dr. John Fischer Receives 2018 Grinnell Award
Wildlife Management Institute Receives Boone and Crockett Club Conservation and Stewardship Award for 2018
Smoothing Rough Edges Along the Texas/Oklahoma Border
Partnering for Conservation in the Mimbres River Valley
NWF, TWS and AFS Release Report on America's Wildlife Crisis
Study Evaluates Importance of Personal Outreach to Landowners
Michigan Announces Winners of Invasive Carp Challenge
Using Environmental Niche Models to Determine the Distribution of the Oklahoma-state Endangered Longnose Darter
March 2018
The Young Forest Initiative - Southern Appalachian Style
Special Session on the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy to be Held at the North American Conference
Sample Report Card for Evaluating Basin Health Completed
Custom Duties - Missed Funding Opportunities
Recovery of Native Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in Right-hand Fork
House Resources Committee Passes FLTFA Reauthorization
Congress Begins Consideration of NPS Maintenance Legislation
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