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Highlights Why it matters: Digital mapping and GPS technologies have fundamentally changed how sportsmen and women traverse federal lands, however, inconsistent, and outdated record keeping practices among federal land management agencies hinders the ability of sportsmen and women to fully take advantage of these technologies. The digitization of public easements, access points, rights-of-way, and other mapping…

Highlights Why it Matters: California’s statewide prohibition on the import and sale of alligator products threatens to disrupt the market for American alligator products which is critical to supporting conservation efforts for the American alligator and its threatened habitats. American alligators are a listed species under the Endangered Species Act, but the species is only…

Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Highlights Why it Matters: Firearm suppressors are often referred to as the hearing protection of the 21st Century – but don’t just take our word for it. According to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, suppressor ownership and use has expanded rapidly in recent…

College students are emerging as a bright spot in the fight against declining hunting participation. Together with CSF, we are working to ensure that Montana’s college students aren’t priced out of an opportunity to hunt and fish. By: Joshua Millspaugh, Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Montana; Jonathan Karlen, undergraduate student, University of…

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Highlights Why it Matters: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was created to help species at risk of extinction and whose future is uncertain in the United States. Species on the list are provided with protections and funding for conservation efforts to ensure their recovery. Since its inception, only 34…

Highlights: Why it matters: Inadequate funding to address losses from wildfires, drought, disease, and insect infestation has created a significant backlog of reforestation planting needs. The U.S. Forest Service has identified more than 1.3 million acres that may never recover without replanting or regeneration financial assistance. Without addressing this funding shortfall, our nation’s forests are…