One thing I’ve learned during my recent research into the shooting community is that they have their act together. Bird hunting groups like Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever possess broad, active membership bases and healthy streams of revenue. The more prominent birding organizations can boast similar strengths, but seem to fall behind in one critical [...]

Now that the topic of bird hunting has been broached (see yesterday’s post) I’d like to explore it further. Hunting for sport is in direct opposition to the things that we believe in. Hunting for food is a more complicated issue. I’ve certainly enjoyed eating game in the past and I’m still fond of fishing [...]

In this, the year 2004, most Americas consider themselves fortunate to be able to buy food at supermarkets and restaurants rather than have to forage vegetables and hunt game. Many take advantage of the food options afforded by our global economy to make diet choices based on ethical and medical factors instead of sheer desperation. [...]

Once every four years, this nation turns its eyes to Iowa. That time is upon us as candidates vie for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2004 Iowa Caucus. Go, Howard Dean! Since the Hawkeye State is the center of the media universe today, we’d like to take this opportunity to admire the Iowa state [...]

It doesn’t really ring in the ears, does it?  Conservation International has just released a study that predicts the loss of hundreds of animal species around the globe.  The report identifies 223 bird species, along with 140 mammal and 346 amphibian species, as being endangered and completely without any kind of human protection.  The report [...]

The Associated Press reported yesterday that the Bush administration, brushing aside concerns from environmentalists, is pushing forward with plans to give national forest managers more flexibility to approve logging and commercial activities, with less environmental review.
Birders and environmentalists across the United States should be outraged.
In brief, the purpose of the new plan is to accelerate [...]