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NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge National Championship Returns—And Brings Together a Generation. Learn all about NRA YHEC at yhec.nra.org.

The National Rifle Association has awarded $15,000 in college scholarships to attendees of the 2025 NRA Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.) through the Y.E.S. Grand Scholarship program.

A relatively new effort in The Silver State is quietly making a big difference for children eager to experience the outdoors for the first time. Demand outpaces the project’s funding, unfortunately, a clear indication that one of the biggest hurdles in enlisting the next generation of conservationists is financial.

Want to find success in your next elk lottery? Get some tips from Mark Kayser on how to beat the point creep, find less-applied for honey holes, and more.

Two 125th Anniversaries are occurring this year, the first being for the entire Montana FWP, and the second being a key piece of property in the history of the Utah DWR.

The NPS is asking for help from American hunters, in an effort to support the “protection of wetlands, native wildlife, cultural resources and sensitive habitats that are affected by invasive species such as nutria and feral hogs.”

The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) mobilized a total of $48.3 million for mule deer and black-tailed deer in 2025, its second-best year on record. Across 153 projects in 17 states, MDF helped restore more than 537,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat, benefitted 129 deer herds and eliminated or converted 149 miles of hazardous fence to restore safe movement corridors for wildlife.

Sportsmen ready to explore wildlife and wild places in the Arizona should mark their calendars for March 28 and 29, when the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) Outdoor Expo returns to the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in north Phoenix, Ariz.

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) has proposed restoring state-aligned hunting regulations in Alaska’s national preserves marks a significant shift toward reducing federal overreach and empowering local hunters.