The United States Fish and Wildlife Service was created in 1940 by merging the Bureau of Biological Survey with the Bureau of Fisheries.

The Boone and Crockett Club's dedication to the conservation of North American wildlife spans 117 years.

Favored for decades, the lever-action rifle yielded to the turn-bolt. Is it hurtling down a perilous path?

After killing a respectable bull, a hunter worries his days hunting alone in the mountains are numbered. Then he drifts into the camp of a well-seasoned hunter who changes his perspective and his timeline. 

Squeezed by disease events, water scarcity, and agency commitment, wild sheep recovery remains a work in progress. 

As rifle scopes become more complicated, you might be better off sticking to the basics

Wildlife artist Carl Rungius traveled extensively across Canada and the American West, sketching and painting the big game he encountered. His work showed city folks on the East Coast what they would lose if they didn’t take seriously a new concept called conservation. 

A picture-perfect hunt for a record-book bull turns out to be a young hunter’s last.        

In the early 1900s, when America’s conservation movement was in its infancy, Boone and Crockett Club members used media to spread the word about destruction of the country’s wildlife and wild places. In turn, the public pressured lawmakers to support legislation safeguarding those resources.