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Balancing Energy Development

We understand the challenges our country faces in seeking to discover and produce additional energy resources within the US. But we need to understand and not buy off on private industry's current plans, with government's approval, the extraction of energy that negatively impacts our hunting and fishing opportunities.
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Invasive Species

Most anglers have heard the term Invasive Species and recognize some of the infamous aquatic nuisance names of Whirling Disease, New Zealand Mud Snails, Didymo and Zebra Mussels. But anglers need to be aware that one of our most challenging and complex environmental issues impacting our fisheries worldwide is the continued spread and danger from both plant and aquatic Invasive Species.
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Marine Protected Areas

Within the United States are many types of Marine Protected Areas including some that conserve natural heritage, cultural heritage or are managed to sustain resource production.
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NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Over 2 million small dams block the life-preserving passage of migratory fish in U.S. streams and rivers. Many communities and private landowners want to remove dams they own, but often lack the resources to do so.
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Pebble Mine

A Canadian mining corporation wants to create one of North America's largest open-pit gold-copper mines within a much larger potential mining district in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. At the core of Pebble Mine complex, covering some 15 square miles, would be an open pit measuring approximately two miles long, a mile and half wide and 1,700 feet deep.
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What Sportsmen Need To Know About Global Climate Change

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership announced that eight of the nation’s leading hunting and fishing membership organizations released Season’s End, a new report detailing the impacts of global warming and climate change on the habitat and distribution of fish and game in the United States, and implications for sustainable hunting and fishing.
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