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The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has partnered with Safari Club International, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and filed motions to intervene in and dismiss a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to expand hunting and fishing opportunities on more than 2.3 million acres of land at 106 National Wildlife Refuges.

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The Respected Access is Open Access in Arizona initiative is being supported by a coalition of partners including the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and Tread Lightly!, a national non-profit organization that promotes responsible outdoor recreation through education and stewardship programs.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the opening of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Michigan to migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting and big game hunting for the first time, while expanding hunting activities at 16 national wildlife refuges in 14 states.
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Kansas landowners can make as much as $150 per acre on their farm ponds and $1,500 per mile on streams for allowing angler access eight months out of the year. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) fisheries biologists are preparing for the 2012 fishing season by conducting fall lake samplings, stocking fish, and working with landowners to enroll their waters in the Fishing Impoundments and Stream Habitats (FISH) program.
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Hunters are expected to gain access to more private land in Washington state this year than at any time in the past decade, thanks to record sales of special hunting permit applications last spring. Changes in this year's application process for special hunting permits increased sales by 85 percent, generating $520,000 in new revenues, said Dave Ware, game manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Watercraft will provide more than $376,000 for urgent boat launch facility repairs and maintenance at 34 sites statewide this spring, following recent approval from the State Controlling Board.
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A proposed amendment to the state-owned easement will allow the continued leasing of hunting camps on the former Champion International Corp. lands in New York's Franklin, Herkimer, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in exchange for the transfer of 2,661 acres of valuable wildlife habit along the Deer River to the State Forest Preserve and State Forest holdings.
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After the California Blue Ribbon Task Force voted to send a proposal to the state Fish and Game Commission that would close large segments of the South Coast to public access, the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO), representing California's fishing and boating interests has denounced the decision, encouraging recreational boaters and anglers to attend a December 9 Fish and Game Commission meeting in Los Angeles to express their opposition to the proposal.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
As the one international wildlife conservation organization dedicated to promoting conditions suitable for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and related wildlife to sustain our sport hunting tradition and outdoor heritage, the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) is proud to be a part of the Thread Lightly "Respected Access is Open Access" outreach campaign.
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