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Iowa legislators seek to restore pheasant population

Shreema Mehta — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:35:44 -0500

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"Iowa's pheasant populations dropped dramatically this year, particularly in the south central and southeast, because of a harsh winter, wet spring and heavy flooding.."

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Wisconsin WF'er George Meyers

Shreema Mehta — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:40:17 -0500

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"Wisconsin attorney George Meyer may be one of the most influential sportsmen's advocates you've never heard of. He has fought behind the scenes for the Clean Water Restoration Act, pushed for ballast regulations to keep invasives out of the state's waters and worked for the protection of public access for hunters and fishermen."

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Hunter Ed. Not What It Used to Be

David Pierpont — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:16:17 -0500

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In Alabama, hunters debate the pros and cons of mandatory education programs.Some say it has greatly reduced the number of accidents, but critics say the requirements hits state conservation agencies hard, as fewer people apply for hunting licenses.

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Wildlife conservation crisis looms as hunter population shrinks

Shreema Mehta — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:01:27 -0500

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"Farmland habitat, healthy forests and certain species of wildlife aren't all that are disappearing from the landscape. Hunters are becoming rare, too...So who would pay for conservation if America winds up with half as many hunters as three decades ago?"

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Past Is Back: Deer Hunting Frontier Style

Shreema Mehta — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:02:11 -0500

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In the past decade, muzzleloading guns — a broad class of firearms loaded from the front, open end of the barrel — have been bought by tens of thousands of American hunters.

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Floridians vote to protect wildlife, conserve land

Shreema Mehta — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:33:42 -0500

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This election day, Florida voters approved Amendment 4, which will help conserve wildlife habitats in the Sunshine State. As the Sun-Sentinel notes, "Florida's dynamic growth over the past two decades has generated prosperity for millions of families and small businesses, and future growth will, too. But that kind of growth often comes at the cost of development of natural lands that formerly served as habitat for birds, fish and wildlife."

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Blue Montana

Shreema Mehta — Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:00:41 -0500

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"More than 1,500 miles separates the hardened streets of Chicago's South Side from the rocky outcroppings along western Montana's Continental Divide. But the ideological gap between the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and a group of hunters, anglers, and politicians across Big Sky Country measures only the width of a drought-stricken creek."

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North Carolina hunters, fishers contribute billions to state’s economy

Jared Mott — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:27:38 -0400

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MORGANTON – A majority of American sportsmen believe that additional development of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and biofuels will do more to stimulate the United States economy than additional development of on-shore and off-shore oil and gas sources, according to a recent poll by American Viewpoint, and commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund.

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The hunt for a global warming fix

Jared Mott — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:47:57 -0400

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WASHINGTON -- In the play "The Tempest," Shakespeare wrote that "misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows." It takes only a little imagination to see how politics became a stand-in for misery and how the phrase "politics makes strange bedfellows" was born.

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Columnist Tony Dean dies at 67

Kristin Johnson — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:05:14 -0400

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By Josh Verges, Argus Leader

Outdoors broadcaster and conservationist Tony Dean died early Sunday as a result of complications from an appendectomy.

The 67-year-old was among immediate family members at his home in Pierre, where he had been seated in the living room overlooking the Missouri River.

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The Emerging Environmental Majority

Jared Mott — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:10:34 -0400

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There’s a thaw in relations between greens and hunters. It could heat up big-time over global warming.

By Christina Larson

Today’s GOP-controlled Congress has shown itself to be no friend of the environment, but even by conservatives’ own standards, last October’s surprise was a standout. An amendment inserted at the last minute into a budget reconciliation bill would have opened up millions of acres of public lands, including tracts in national monuments and wilderness areas, to purchase by mining companies and other commercial interests. It was to be the biggest divestiture of public lands in almost a century, and it was happening completely under the radar, with no floor vote, no public hearings, and no debate.

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Guest Editorial: A Sub-Prime Energy Future?

Jared Mott — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:30:25 -0400

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At the very time that Wall Street financiers are staggering around dazed and confused in the rubble of a smoke-and-mirrors game gone terribly awry, the oil industry and its political allies are selling Americans another sub-prime investment.

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Anglers, hunters, environmentalists join forces over global warming

Jared Mott — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:07:51 -0400

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Too little snow to track elk; water too warm for trout's liking; birds at higher elevations than they were a decade ago.

Global warming is real enough to Colorado's anglers and hunters that they've embraced an idea by an environmental group to hold workshops on how to deal with changing and dwindling habitat where they hunt and fish.

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Hunter Green

Jared Mott — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:34:31 -0400

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Today's green movement uses certain buzzwords -- organic, locavore, renewable -- to the wry amusement of 15 million to 20 million of us who've actually lived the eco-friendly lifestyle that these words describe.

We are hunters.

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Obama or McCain? So ... who are you voting for?

Kristin Johnson — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:26:24 -0400

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By Matt Vincent, BASS Times Editor

On the streets of Denver, where Doc Holiday once sought refuge, the same ground where a gold strike once changed the course of American history, SWAT teams stand ready.

Armed with AR-15s and canisters of pepper spray, they watch from behind dark sunglasses. Some pose for photographs with visitors to Democratic National Convention, proof for their friends back in Iowa and Michigan that they, too, roamed the streets of Denver alongside heavily armed cops and the Secret Service. Proof that fear lurks somewhere in the dark alleys of Denver. Proof that heads will be broken and busted if you step out of line in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave...

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Eckert: State's failure to act will cost hunters dearly

Kristin Johnson — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:45:16 -0400

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By Michael Eckert, The Times Herald

Officials have killed the deer at that Kent County farm where Michigan's first case of chronic wasting disease was confirmed Tuesday.

And they've killed off deer hunting in Michigan.

Maybe that's an over-reaction.

But this can't be good for our sport. And state and federal officials are to blame. They could have and should have prevented this. Instead, they repeatedly caved in to special interest groups that demanded their rights to play with a ticking bomb.

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K Street Files: Going Fishin’

Kristin Johnson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:58:53 -0400

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By Kate Ackley and Anna Palmer, Roll Call Staff

The décor looked like something straight out of the redneck wing of the Republican Party. Instead, the camouflage posters and videos of snapping trout and big game being stalked by hunters was right smack in the middle of the Democratic National Convention.

The National Wildlife Federation Action Fund had a point to all this: Gun-loving hunters and conservative anglers don’t necessarily support the GOP agenda lock, stock and barrel. And when it comes to energy policy and global warming, that constituency is up for grabs in November.

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Sportsmen urge action against climate change

Kristin Johnson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:55:20 -0400

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BY FAITH BREMNER
Argus Leader Washington Bureau

DENVER - A group of hunters and anglers called on the next president to tackle global climate change, saying the problem is the single biggest threat to America's dwindling fish and wildlife populations.

Speaking at a reception at a Denver hotel, members and supporters of the National Wildlife Federation said the nation needs an energy policy that emphasizes renewable, clean energy and that turns away from coal and petroleum products.

Sportsmen are seeing the effects of climate change first hand, said NWF President Larry Schweiger. Climate change is causing stream temperatures to rise, harming trout and salmon, causing waterfowl to migrate later and giving bark beetles more drought-stressed forests to chomp on.

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Poll: Half Of Sportsmen Rank Conservation With Gun Rights

Kristin Johnson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:06:40 -0400

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By Ryan Grim, Politico

(The Politico) DENVER -- Crypter Glenn Thrush reported earlier this month that a poll showed hunters and fishermen supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), but not by the gaping margins that they had back President Bush over John Kerry. Bush had a 27-point edge over the Massachusetts senator in 2004 and a 50 point margin over Al Gore in 2000. McCain, meanwhile McCain only leads by only 14. Sportsfolks in the Thrush piece speculated that McCain needed to show himself as an outdoorsman and highlight Obama’s advocacy of gun control. The bloc could include as many as 50 million people.

But a new poll of a thousand self-identified hunters and fisherman, run by American Viewpoint and commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation, suggests that something else might be driving hunters and anglers: the desire to conserve places to hunt and fish. Forty-seven percent of fisherman, 40 percent of hunters and 47 percent of those who do both told pollsters that “Gun rights are important, but conservation is just as important. Thirty-six percent said that gun rights were the most important issue. A quarter of the sportsmen polled were undecided as to who to vote for, and of those, 52 percent put conservation on par with gun rights. (The nonprofit group didn't ask who they'd vote for for legal reasons.)

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We Can't Break the Oil Addiction By Drilling for More Oil

Kristin Johnson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:15:09 -0400

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Editorial By NATHAN LOTT
Richmond Times-Dispatch

The debate over drilling on federal lands has come home: from the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to the coast of Virginia. Record-high oil prices -- fueled in part by a weak dollar and speculation -- led leaders in both parties to backpedal on longstanding commitments not to place oil rigs on the Atlantic coast. Even as economists of all stripes acknowledged that offshore drilling will do nothing to reduce prices at the pump, politicians still wavered. Why? Because we lack a national energy policy that requires more and better energy choices.

America is addicted to oil. We currently spend more than $1 trillion a year on our fossil-fuel addiction, and if we are to believe the rhetoric of Big Oil, the answer to kicking the habit is to drill for more...

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Nathan Lott is the executive director of the Virginia Conservation Network.

Arkansans need better energy choices

Kristin Johnson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:12:02 -0400

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Guest Column by BOB APPLE
The Renton County Daily Record

President Bush said it best: America is addicted to oil. We currently spend more than $ 1 trillion a year on our fossil fuel addiction, and if we are to believe the rhetoric of Big Oil, the answer to kicking the habit is to drill for more.

But if you're trying to quit smoking, you don't ask the Marlboro Man for advice on kicking the habit, and if you're serious about quitting your oil addiction, you don't ask Big Oil for advice. What America really needs is better energy choices. We deserve energy that is cheaper and cleaner than fossil fuels. The good news is we can and we will end our addiction and create better energy choices while creating new economic opportunities right here in Arkansas. Just this summer, LM Glasfiber started making the first hires for its brand-new $ 150 million wind turbine manufacturing plant at the Port of Little Rock that will create 1, 000 new jobs.

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Rapid climate change threatens to thaw icy wonderland of Alaska

Kristin Johnson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:12:20 -0400

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By Elizabeth Shaw, The Flint Journal

Alaska -- I was in Alaska for 10 days in August, on a fellowship with Michigan State University's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and the Union of Concerned Scientists, to see firsthand the effects of global warming. I didn't have to look far.

I watched massive chunks of glacial ice breaking off into the sea.

I fished for salmon from muddy riverbanks where beavers -- once uncommon near the Arctic Circle -- are ravaging trees and blocking spawning streams...

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Pitching in to pay for climate solutions

Jared Mott — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:48:44 -0400

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The Oregonian

Global warming isn't coming to Oregon, it's already here.

Summers are hotter, spring runoff is earlier and the coast has been battered by more intense storms. If we do nothing, the forecast will get gloomier, especially for the fish we rely on. Rivers and streams will become too warm for salmon and steelhead, headwaters critical to reproduction will be scoured by storms, and estuary habitat will be flooded.

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Americans can not afford to buy the myths that Big Oil is selling

Jared Mott — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:32:34 -0400

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By Nic Callero, NWF outreach organizer
Published in the Statesman-Journal, August 8, 2008

Creating and selling urban myths has become a highly successful cottage industry in the United States. Take the latest Big Myth created and spread by Big Oil that says we will get a price break at the gas pump if we just let the industry drill anywhere and everywhere.

Selling the Big Myth has been so successful that now a majority of Americans believe Big Oil actually wants us to pay less for its product. It doesn't help that Big Oil is spending millions on ads to get us to ignore the facts and buy into its fairy tale: We're with Big Oil and we're here to save you money.

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Energy rhetoric defies reality

Kristin Johnson — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:09:02 -0400

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By DAVID LIEN, Colorado Springs Independent

As a big-game hunter and former Air Force officer who cares deeply about our country and its rapidly dwindling wildlands and wildlife, I've about had it with the fairytale demagoguery spewing from oil and gas industry executives and their front groups, not to mention the politicians beholden to them for campaign contributions, who've been doing their damnedest to hoodwink us into believing their "drill-everywhere" rhetoric.

Listen up, folks, because the facts here speak for themselves: Sixty-five percent of the world's known oil reserves are in the Persian Gulf; the United States has only 3 percent, but we account for 26 percent of world demand. Drilling in western Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, New Mexico or anywhere else in this country will not do us any good long-term. It's simple fifth-grade math and common sense.

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The Hook and Bullet Crowd

Jared Mott — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:18:16 -0400

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Remember in 2004 when John Kerry got ridiculed for his awkward duck-hunting trip in Ohio just before the election? There’s a good reason why Kerry went hunting: the hook and bullet crowd – as they often tongue-in-cheek call themselves – are a hugely important swing vote in a lot of crucial states. According to the U.S. Census more than 34 million Americans fish annually and 16 million hunt.

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Outdoor Lore: Perry spreads the word on dangers of global climate change

Kristin Johnson — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:21:27 -0400

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By Tom Tatum, Tri County Record

Ed Perry of State College is an avid outdoorsman - scuba diving, cross country skiing, hunting, fly-fishing, backpacking, biking, kayaking - you name it, if it takes place in the great out-of-doors, you'll find Perry there.

But Perry, at age 63, has another more pressing outdoor mission - to work with his fellow outdoorsmen to reduce the dire effects of global warming and help preserve the natural resources so vital to us all.

To that end, Perry has taken on the considerable task of acting as the outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation in Pennsylvania. As such, he aims to involve concerned sportsmen to work with our state lawmakers to help benefit our environment.

"We are trying to get our legislators to pass legislation such as the Climate Security Act that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by two percent per year," explained Perry. "This is the amount that informed scientists say we need to achieve if we are to avoid the worst effects of global warming."

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Study: Warm weather hurts fish, economies

Jared Mott — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:27 -0400

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
8:11 a.m. July 29, 2008

BILLINGS, Mont. – A new report says rivers and streams across the West are getting hotter and drier, making it increasingly difficult for trout to feed and spawn.

The report says global warming is shrinking cold-water habitat, threatening the survival of trout and $1 billion recreational fishing industry in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.

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Iowa legislators seek to restore pheasant population

Wisconsin WF'er George Meyers

Hunter Ed. Not What It Used to Be

Wildlife conservation crisis looms as hunter population shrinks

Past Is Back: Deer Hunting Frontier Style

Floridians vote to protect wildlife, conserve land

Blue Montana

North Carolina hunters, fishers contribute billions to state’s economy

The hunt for a global warming fix

Columnist Tony Dean dies at 67

The Emerging Environmental Majority

Guest Editorial: A Sub-Prime Energy Future?

Anglers, hunters, environmentalists join forces over global warming

Hunter Green

Obama or McCain? So ... who are you voting for?

Eckert: State's failure to act will cost hunters dearly

K Street Files: Going Fishin’

Sportsmen urge action against climate change

Poll: Half Of Sportsmen Rank Conservation With Gun Rights

We Can't Break the Oil Addiction By Drilling for More Oil

Arkansans need better energy choices

Rapid climate change threatens to thaw icy wonderland of Alaska

Pitching in to pay for climate solutions

Americans can not afford to buy the myths that Big Oil is selling

Energy rhetoric defies reality

The Hook and Bullet Crowd

Outdoor Lore: Perry spreads the word on dangers of global climate change

Study: Warm weather hurts fish, economies

Who Do We Blame For Killing Our Salmon?

Delta diversion threat to salmon, judge rules

Warming may affect Northwest way of life

Shell Shocked

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to supplant oil with wind

It’s worth conserving

Catch of the day?

WRC salmon seasons more restrictive

Fishing bleak in the Fraser

Climate Change Report for Hunters and Anglers Now Available

Experts predict more severe weather in future

The greening of Gordon Smith

Global Warming, Two Steps Forward

Forum: Sportsmen urge passage of climate act

Act Now: Don't let uncertainty rule out steps to meet climate challenge

Rising Seas Could Threaten Eastern Shore, Bay Islands

Polar bears: Listing was right call, needn't ruin Alaska's economy

Where have all the fishes gone? Study shows that warming water has hit Hudson hard

Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill

“I Ain’t Never Seen Nothin’ Like It”

Slow global warming and grow the economy

Seminar looks at climate change

Hunters are the new endangered species in Florida

How global warming affects outdoor sports

The heat is on -- and that threatens fishing

Environmentalists Score a Win Against "Invasive Species"

Hunters are the new endangered species in Florida

Pass climate act to save rivers

Sportsmen form new group to address energy development

Bush prepares global warming initiative

Don’t let warming ruin the outdoors

Hunters Worry About Global Warming

Hunters, anglers urge reform of 1872 Mining Law

We Must Act Now

Guest Comment: Time to act on climate change is now

Addressing climate change with one unified voice

Minnesota's moose are dying; global warming may be to blame

Noah's Ark for Salmon

Volunteers Replant Fontainebleau State Park

Global warming is taking a toll on streams

To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom

S.C.'s climate heritage is threatened by global warming

S.C.'s climate heritage is threatened by global warming

Salmon fishing ban mulled in California as run suffers record plunge

Race Car Driver Aims to Put Brakes on Global Warming