National outdoor recreation generated $394 billion in economic impact
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies released the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and …
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Bull trout recovery fight flows back to Ninth Circuit
This week a Ninth Circuit panel took up Montana conservation groups’ six-year battle with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over what the groups say …
The Quiet Love Affair Between Fish and Trees
We all know fish live in water, but many of us don’t realize that their world stretches up onto the banks and beyond. Sure, fish …
Martha Williams nominated to lead U.S. Fish and Wildlife
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is nominating former Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Martha Williams to become director of the U.S. Fish …
Deep River Blues
Fish Man Dan” is back! Fisheries employee Dan Spencer, working out of our Puget Sound/Olympic Peninsula Fisheries Complex, was inspired again this year by all …
US Wildlife Agency Seeks to Carve Out Areas From Protections
A Trump administration proposal released last week would allow the government to deny habitat protections for endangered animals and plants in areas that would see …
Trump’s Wildlife Service Pick Has Ties To Anti-Animal Protection Groups
Aurelia Skipwith, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has links to powerful agricultural interests opposed to protections for the endangered species she …
Saving Grayling
The Arctic grayling is a cold-water fish belonging to the trout and salmon family with a distinctive, sail-like dorsal fin. Found in Montana, they …
Gila trout: a native trout conservation story
Gila trout, a threatened species, benefits from the science-based conservation work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, …
“Putting Combs in charge of the Fish and Wildlife is like appointing an arsonist as the town fire marshal”
The Trump administration has quietly named Susan Combs, an outspoken foe of endangered species and a climate change denier acting assistant secretary of the National Park …