Action Alert: Your Senator Needs to Hear from Pheasant Hunters This Morning
Your voice as a pheasant hunter is needed this morning. Years of positioning and political posturing is finally coming to a head in Washington, D.C. today. The future of every pheasant hunter and...
View ArticlePheasants Forever Spotlights the 12 Most Threatened Areas in Pheasant Country
Grassland habitat is disappearing at a meteoric pace in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains. In fact, a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences put the loss of...
View ArticleFarm Bill Clears Senate as September 30th Deadline Looms
Pheasants Forever members and staff recently talked conservation policy with elected officials in Washington, D.C. (Pictured l to r) PF staffer Tom Fuller; PF member Daryl Landsgard of Saint Olaf,...
View ArticleUpdate: Farm Bill Fails in House
Pheasant habitat and pheasant hunting depend on a conservation-friendly Farm Bill. Photo by Anthony Hauck / Pheasants Forever Yesterday, the House of Representatives failed to pass Farm Bill...
View ArticleFarm Bill Extension Expires, PF Presses Congress to Act
Until national native prairie, or “Sodsaver,” provisions are enacted, native grasslands will continue to be susceptible to conversion. Photo by Matt Morlock / Pheasants Forever Editor’s Note: Pheasants...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Finish the Farm Bill
Yesterday, Farm Bill conferees met for the first time to craft the final version of the Farm Bill that will go before the full Congress for a vote. This has been a process that has taken more than...
View ArticleFarm Bill Agreement Reached, Awaits House Vote
After a long two years of debate, a new Farm Bill appears to be on the horizon. Yesterday, the long-anticipated farm bill showed signs of life as House and Senate conferees reached a bipartisan...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Farm Bill
The farm bill provides critical conservation tools to America’s farmers, ranchers and conservationists. A few minutes ago, by a vote of 251 to 166 the United States House of Representatives passed the...
View ArticleFarm Bill Headed to President’s Desk Thanks to Senate Passage
After being passed by the House last week, today the Senate approved the Agricultural Act of 2014, commonly known as the farm bill. The legislation is now headed to President Obama’s desk. If signed...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Spring Pheasant Count Tops Last Year
Photo credit: Tim Eisele North Dakota’s spring pheasant population index is up slightly from last year, according to the State Game and Fish Department’s 2014 spring crowing count survey. Stan Kohn,...
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