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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...

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Pheasants 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...

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Farm 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,...

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Update: 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...

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Farm 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...

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ACTION 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...

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Farm 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...

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U.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...

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Farm 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...

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North 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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