Outdoor Channel | Outdoor Interests Conservation

Story : Posted 05-20-2013
USDA Predicts Record Corn Crop

The May World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates report released by the Agriculture Department shows that a record corn crop is still reachable despite a slow start to planting season.
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Story : Posted 05-17-2013
Just Winging It

Every February biologists, birders & hunters meet at Coleman National Fish Hatchery to “read” thousands of waterfowl wings sent in by hunters. The Pacific Flyway Wing Bee allows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to exam wings from over 7 states in just 5 days.
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Story : Posted 05-16-2013
Smallmouth Bass in Big Trouble

Throughout the last decade, one of the most prized freshwater sport fish species, the smallmouth bass, has suffered fish kills and severe, perplexing illness in several Chesapeake Bay tributaries.
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Story : Posted 05-16-2013
RMEF Receives Intervenor Status in Wyoming Wolf Lawsuit

A U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. granted the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's request to intervene in a lawsuit by animal rights groups seeking to return federal protection to Wyoming's wolf population.
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Story : Posted 05-15-2013
Bald Eagles Recover from Sea to Shining Sea

From sea to shining sea -- that's the range of the American Bald Eagle. And the recovery of this bird is one of our greatest success stories to date.
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Story : Posted 05-14-2013
The Scoop on Poop

As a Seasonal Park Ranger at the only Vermont State Park that allows dogs off-leash in a designated area, I pick up a tremendous amount of doggie doo. Recently, I began thinking seriously about the impact of pet waste on our environment, and started doing some research.
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Story : Posted 05-13-2013
From One to 135

In 1982, New Jersey's only remaining bald eagle nest failed for at least the sixth consecutive year. Every year, the eagle eggs at the Bear Swamp nest were just too thin to withstand normal incubation—a result of residual contamination from the pesticide DDT.
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Story : Posted 05-03-2013
Two Pairs of Mexican Wolves to be Released

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arizona Game and Fish Department will release a pair of Mexican wolves into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area of Arizona.
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Story : Posted 05-02-2013
Rhino Coming to U.S.

While he finds himself at the center of an international controversy over the trophy hunting of endangered species and what role it can play in conservation efforts, David K. Reinke says he is simply committed to saving the African black rhinoceros.
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Story : Posted 05-01-2013
USFWS's Eagle Conservation Plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance to provide a pathway for the responsible development of wind energy that fosters protection for bald and golden eagles.
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