Effective Date: November 29, 2017

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a highly contagious, always-fatal disease that affects cervids such as deer, elk, and moose. It is difficult to detect CWD in live animals because it can take more than two years after infection for an animal to exhibit observable behavioral or physical signs of illness. Additionally, the diagnostic tests currently available are not as accurate when samples…

Effective Date: December 7, 2018

Situational Overview

Baiting is a broad term that generally refers to the use of natural or unnatural food attractants placed in a specific location by hunters to attract and draw in a targeted game species for harvest. Though considered a longstanding and traditional hunting method in many states and provinces, baiting has become increasingly misunderstood and controversial.

Letter from American Wildlife Conservation Partners to President Trump

The Honorable Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20500

Dear Mr. President,

Dear Leader McConnell, Senator Cornyn, and Chairwoman Murkowski: The House sent you on February 16, 2017, with a strong bipartisan vote of 225-193, HJ Res.69 which if enacted would nullify the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) final rule "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" (81 Fed. Reg. 52248 (August 5,…

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has joined in support of a hunter ethics initiative being launched by the Boone and Crockett Club to highlight the core values of fair chase and to strengthen the image of the North American hunter.