“conservation programs”

The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 on Feb. 4 to pass the 2014 Farm Bill, which will decide the fate of nearly $1 trillion and how it will be distributed between agriculture, conservation and food aid programs over the next five years.

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Your National Rifle Association is pleased to announce its free online Hunter Education Course has raised more than $150,000 for state wildlife agencies in matching Pittman-Robertson (P-R) funds.

The USFWS announced the theme "celebrating our waterfowl hunting heritage," for the 2019-20 Federal Duck Stamp contest. Artists will be required to include in their entry one or more visual elements that reflect the contributions waterfowl hunters make to habitat conservation.

The new 2018-19 Federal Duck Stamp is now available for purchase online, at many sporting goods and retail stores, and some post offices and national wildlife refuges.

Federal announces the addition of Jon Zinnel as Conservation and Youth Shooting Program Manager to strengthen its commitment to the future of hunting, shooting and wildlife management.

The Humane Society of the United States is working to ban the use of bait, dogs and traps for bear hunting in Maine via voter referendum. Jeff Johnston explains why such a move would actually hurt the state's bear population far more than it would help it.

On Feb. 15, the Pope and Young Club convened a special panel of judges in Chatfield, Minn., for a potential new world-record Rocky Mountain goat.

The National Rifle Association's 145th NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits will have its unofficial start at the 2016 National NRA Foundation Banquet and Auction at Louisville's Kentucky International Convention Center on Thursday, May 19. Sponsored by Kimber, Henry Repeating Arms, and Universal Coin & Bullion, and co-sponsored by Century Arms, Frontier Tactical, and ZEISS, funds raised at the attendee-favorite event benefit The NRA Foundation, America's leading charitable organization in support of the shooting sports.