The FWC’s Bear Management Program gave Commissioners a 5-year update on implementing the 2019 Florida Black Bear Management Plan at the December 2024 Commission meeting, highlighting recent bear management and research efforts. Following the presentation, the Commissioners...

The Maryland Legislature is currently considering a blanket mandate that would ban the use of lead ammunition for ALL hunting in the State!House Bill 741 and Senate Bill 634 would phase out the use of lead ammunition for hunting within the next five years. There are no...

The New York Legislature is continuing efforts to ban traditional lead ammunition, despite any scientific evidence. Assembly Bill 1089 would prohibit the harvest of wildlife using lead ammunition on any state land open for hunting, as well as any land—state or...

New York legislators are once again attempting to restrict the legal importation of harvested African species from the countries with the largest populations of these species in the world.Senate Bill 5014, the “Big Five African Trophies Act,” would ban in the State of New...