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The fundamental necessities for wildlife to persist are food, shelter, and water. Lack of access to any one of these needs impacts individual animal survival and ultimately the persistence of entire populations of wildlife. Ensuring...

A 2022 proposed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) draconian vessel speed rule would have required anglers and boaters along the Atlantic with vessels 35 feet and longer to travel at 10 knots from shore...

The 2018 Farm Bill expired in October 2023 and has since received two separate, year-long extensions. However, Congress has yet to pass the next iteration of this important legislation. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is working...

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) is the principal law governing marine fisheries management in the federal waters of the United States. The MSA was reauthorized in 2007 with legal requirements to end...

Introduction Over 12,000 offshore oil and gas platforms, or “rigs”, have been constructed across the globe,[ with over 7,000 in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) over the course of the last 70 years.  Over time,...

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