Council members will advise Departments of Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and conservation endeavors SIDNEY, Neb. (July 23, 2010) – Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer Tommy Millner was appointed today to the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, an official advisory group established by U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom [...]
FWC biologist/Get Outdoors Florida! chairman named Conservation Educator of the Year
July 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bob Wattendorf, a fisheries biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), recently received the “Conservation Educator of the Year” award from the Florida Wildlife Federation. In 2008, Wattendorf initiated an effort to bring together a statewide coalition of agencies, universities and businesses to encourage families and children to participate in nature-based recreation. [...]
Republicans thwart McCain 'greenwash'
June 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Leonard Doyle – Saturday, 7 June 2008 John McCain rode an airboat across the fragile and imperiled Florida Everglades yesterday to underscore his credentials as a conservationist, albeit of a uniquely Republican variety. In the manner of his heroes, the bear-hunting President Teddy Roosevelt and the adventurer-author Ernest Hemingway, the Republican candidate presents himself [...]
