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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.

September 2018
"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
Report Evaluates Sage Grouse Collaboration
February 2018
WAFWA Wildlife Movement and Management Workshop
Interactive Workshop on Improving Species Status Assessments to Be Held at the North American Conference
Sharing Science to Conserve New England's Native Cottontail
Secretary Zinke Signs Secretarial Order Prioritizing Big Game Corridors and Winter Range
NALCC Releases Rare Plant Conservation Assessment
Excise Tax Update
January 2018
North American Special Session on Broadening Public Engagement
Industry Trade Shows, Excise Taxes and WMI
Reminder to Register for Final Public Trust Training Workshop
Congressional Actions in 2018 Will Affect Agricultural Conservation Policy and Outcomes for the Next 5 Years
Eastern Oysters Help Maintain Water Quality
New DOI Legal Opinion Changes Interpretation of Incidental Take under Migratory Bird Treaty Act
BLM Issues Updated Guidance on Managing Sagebrush Habitat
FWS Moves to Delist Canada Lynx
NatureServe Launches SeedSmart Web App
December 2017
North American Special Session: Conservation Built to Last through Collaboration and Unusual Voices
Northwest Boreal LCC and BEACONs Release Conservation Framework for Region
What Hunters Can Do to Stop Chronic Wasting Disease
NatureScape: A Landscape Conservation Design Decision-Making Tool Developed for Appalachia
President Trump, Secretary Zinke Make Monument Announcements
Congress Passes Stopgap Spending, Debates Long-term Funding Plans
USGS Creates Fire Webpage to Provide Consolidated Information
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Comment Period on CCAA's
Winners and Losers Among $1 Billion World-Class Alaska Salmon Fisheries
November 2017
Special Session to Expose the Impacts of Poaching, and Illegal Wildlife Trade
Public Input Sought to Prevent Invasive Carp from Entering Great Lakes
Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Envision Their Future
Nebraska Researchers Evaluate Needs and Interests of Sportsmen and Women
Wildfire Bill Passes House
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Debate Heats Up Again
October 2017
Special Sessions Announced for 83rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
State Wildlife Agencies and Partners Responding to Proposed Listing of Monarch Butterflies
Commentary: Can We Get Beyond Arguments About the North American Model?
Strengthening State/Industry Partnerships
Antiquities Act Bill Passed by House Resources Committee
Bipartisan Prairie Conservation Act Introduced
BLM Issues Directives on Sage Grouse
September 2017
Zinke Signs Secretarial Order Supporting Sportsmen and Coordination with States
Woodcock Conservationists to Convene in Michigan for Rangewide Symposium
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