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Action Alert: Iconic African Species Protection Act (SB 1175)
California’s latest legislation, SB 1175, would ban both the importation and possession of eight commonly hunted African species, including taxidermy received after 2020. These species include: elephant, lion, leopard, rhino,…
Frontline Dispatches – June 2020 Vol. II, No. 6
DOWNLOAD PDF Asia Nearly 15,000 miles of roads will be built in tiger habitat by mid-century, further threatening the species and highlighting the need for conservation. U. of Michigan ecologists…
How to Make the Most Out of Your Deer Hunting Season
Want to maximize your time afield? The time to start planning is now! Almost every hunter has done it at some point. Life has happened and it has impeded your…
Dream Hunt: How to Make an African Safari Come True
An African safari is surprisingly affordable if approached correctly. Here’s how to make your own dream hunt in Africa come true. The views expressed by the editors, authors or users…
How can a timber harvest improve wildlife habitat?
By Natural Resource Manager Jack Chappen Here at MDIFW’s Lands Program, we are tasked with creating, maintaining, and improving wildlife habitat on the state-owned Wildlife Management Areas for the benefit…
House Set to Vote on Great American Outdoors Act Next Week
July 15, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Great American Outdoors Act is the largest public lands funding package to receive an up-or-down vote in Congress in a lifetime, and the U.S….
Lois Elizabeth Wilde: 1922-2020
Lois Elizabeth Wilde, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Afield and Trustee of the North Dakota Museum of Art, died on May 10, 2020, at Edgewood Parkwood Place in Grand Forks,…
The many faces of the bushbuck
The bushbuck is a medium-sized antelope with variable coat colouration and markings, and as many as 29 subspecies being recognised on this basis. Many of these subspecies and races are…
Himalayan Lynx Filmed Hunting Markhor in Pakistan for First Time
While filming a group of markhor grazing on the steep, rocky cliffs of Pakistan’s Chitral Valley, in the Tooshi-Shasha Wildlife Conservancy, the WWF-Pakistan field production team and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa 2015: Garth Owen-Smith
Garth Owen-Smith was awarded the 2015 Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the restoration and conservation of wildlife in Namibia. This film…