The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today graduated its first Diversity Change Agent Training Class, approximately 60 committed Service employees at all levels of the agency who will serve as mentors and advocates for workforce diversity.  Graduates of the course will be utilized throughout the Service as role models, spending approximately ten percent of their official duty time working [...]

In this third part of an exclusive interview with MidwayUSA CEO Larry Potterfield, Outdoor Hub’s President Steve Dooley gets to the heart of what makes MidwayUSA such a successful business, specifically highlighting the unique management practices of the company. Part Three: Click here to go back to Part Two of this interview, covering MidwayUSA’s [...]

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) leadership announced that today (Friday, Feb. 3) Capt. Bruce Cooper will take over for retiring Maj. Dave Pridgen as Regional Commander for the FWC’s Northwest Region. This new leg of his career began with the traditional pinning ceremony in the FWC’s Panama City office, when gold oak [...]

By Larry Saavedra An overlooked aspect of a hunt test competition, besides training vigorously before the event, is clothing. Believe it or not, it does matter what you wear. If you come to the starting line (where you release a dog) wearing a color or style of clothing that the line judges deem as [...]

“There is still time for K-12th grade California students to participate in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp annual art competition,” says Marilyn Gamette, state program coordinator. The deadline for entries is March 15, 2012. “California teachers are encouraged to submit their student’s work for consideration in this state and national competition. The program is [...]

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., parent company to Leatherman® multi-tools and LED Lenser® lights is pleased to announce the appointment of Kris Hamper as Chief Financial Officer for global operations. Kris will be located in the Portland, Oregon headquarters and provide financial direction for both LED Lenser (Yang Jiang, China and Solingen, Germany) and Leatherman [...]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, a one-minute video is worth nearly 250,000 Youtube views for avalanche equipment manufacturer Backcountry Access (BCA). At an unsanctioned snowboard freeride contest in Colorado, competitor Meesh Hytner, was captured in a class 3 avalanche. She deployed her BCA Float 30 avalanche airbag and [...]

The inaugural meeting of the Northern Lower Regional Deer Advisory Team (NLRDAT) is set for Saturday, Feb. 11. The meeting will be held at the Ramada Inn Conference Center, 2650 I-75 Business Loop, Grayling, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. With the approval of the Michigan Deer Management Plan on May 6, 2010, the [...]

Do you have questions about birds, snakes and alligators? Hunting and fishing? What about fish, mussels, snails and crayfish? Join the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) for an hour-long web chat on Friday, February 17, 2012, at noon to have those questions answered. To join the chat visit www.outdooralabama.com/chat, between noon [...]