A new push for LWCF
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is hopefully giving the Land and Water Conservation Fund some thought this month while he's home in Wisconsin.
Dan Nordstrom, owner and CEO of Outdoor Research, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state and Jim Whittaker, a famed mountaineer and environmentalist, recently appeared together to support the Land and Water Conservation Fund / Photo by Tom O'Keefe
By: Bethany Erb
Major victory for sportsmen
Conservationists from across the nation met earlier this month in Salt Lake City for the 10th annual Western Hunting and Conservation Expo, hosted by the Mule Deer Foundation and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife.
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Expiration isn't the end
The Land and Water Conservation Fund expired this week — its first expiration in 50 years — but this isn't the end.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund helped protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota/FreeImages.com/Matthew Barnett
Saving the sage-grouse
Successful private land conservation played a significant role in this week's announcement that the greater sage-grouse does not require protection under the Federal Endangered Species Act.
© Steve Fairbairn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service