Arkansas honors six partners at private-lands habitat expo
Arkansas Game and Fish honored six partners at the 2026 Natural State Private Lands Expo, spotlighting habitat work across nearly 100,000 acres last year.
Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame to add four conservation figures
Wyoming Game and Fish will induct four new members into the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame, adding to a roster that has grown to 70 honorees since 2004.
Kentucky rewrites damage-tag rules to cover more than deer
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s 301 KAR 2:176 rewrite retitles the damage-tag chapter to cover all wildlife causing property damage, effective June 4, 2026.
Wyoming asks hunters how weapon-type quotas should split
Wyoming Game and Fish is running three large-scale hunter surveys to reset how weapon-type quotas divide antelope, deer, elk, and black bear licenses.
Pennsylvania opens 8 fall driving tours on state game lands
The Pennsylvania Game Commission will host eight free fall driving tours across state game lands from Sept 20 through Oct 26 to showcase habitat work.
Louisiana opens first stand-alone whistling-duck hunt Oct 3-11
Louisiana’s first stand-alone black-bellied whistling-duck season runs Oct 3-11 with a free permit, four-bird daily limit, and a 15-day harvest report.
Idaho leans on hunters to hold elk off Magic Valley crops in 2026
Idaho Fish and Game is working with landowners across eight Magic Valley counties to blunt fall elk depredation on high-value irrigated crops.
California opens 18 nonprofit big-game auction tags
California’s CDFW opened its 2027 fundraising tag application window: 18 nonprofit big-game tags after nonprofits raised over $1M in 2026.
Alaska opens 4-permit muskox hunt on the North Slope
Alaska is offering four muskox permits along the Dalton Highway corridor in Unit 26B, drawn from a herd surveyed at about 220 animals.
North Dakota pheasant count 57% above 10-year average
North Dakota’s 2026 pheasant brood index came in 57% above the 10-year average, while gray partridge counts dropped 25% from 2025.