Federal migration-corridor order maps 237 routes in the West
A 2018 federal order to map big-game migration routes across the West is now eight years in, with 237 routes charted in 11 states.
Arkansas honors six partners at private-lands habitat expo
Arkansas Game and Fish honored six partners at the 2026 Natural State Private Lands Expo, spotlighting habitat work across nearly 100,000 acres in the program’s first full year, 2024.
Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame to add four conservation figures
Wyoming Game and Fish will induct Talbott, Binns, Budd and Welch into the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame on Nov. 5 in Cody.
Kentucky rewrites damage-tag rules to cover more than deer
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s 301 KAR 2:176 rewrite retitles the damage-tag chapter to cover all wildlife causing property damage, effective June 4, 2026.
Wyoming asks hunters how weapon-type quotas should split
Wyoming Game and Fish is asking a random sample of antelope, deer, and elk applicants about satisfaction with current weapon-type allocations and whether regional or statewide changes are warranted; a separate black bear survey is planned for later in September.
Pennsylvania opens 8 fall driving tours on state game lands
The Pennsylvania Game Commission will host eight free fall driving tours across state game lands from Sept. 20 through Oct. 18, 2026.
Louisiana opens first stand-alone whistling-duck hunt Oct 3-11
Louisiana’s first stand-alone black-bellied whistling-duck season runs Oct 3-11 with a free permit, four-bird daily limit, and a 15-day harvest report.
Idaho leans on hunters to hold elk off Magic Valley crops in 2026
Idaho Fish and Game is working with landowners across eight Magic Valley counties to blunt fall elk depredation on high-value irrigated crops.
Minnesota’s pheasant index jumps 20%; west central up 74%
Minnesota’s 2026 pheasant index rose 20% statewide and 74% in the west central region, led by warm dry summer nesting weather.
Colorado’s 87-to-1 shot: 66,000 hunters chased 761 moose tags
Colorado’s 2026 moose license lottery drew 66,000 applicants for 761 tags. Nonresidents faced odds of 205 to 1 or worse for a bull tag.