There's lots to love about this crucial conservation program.

New initiative will provide $700 million to help farmers improve soil health, enhance water quality, and boost long-term productivity.

After one-year extensions in both 2023 and 2024, the 2018 Farm Bill expired at the end of September and was, once again, extended for one more year as part of the continuing resolution passed by Congress in November. So, what does this mean for the programs we care about, and where do we go from here?

Funding is extended for crucial conservation operations and technical assistance for farmers.

Legislation will bolster funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

Passing a continuing resolution will help critical conservation work resume nationwide.

Dedicated public servants confirmed to lead at the White House, Department of Agriculture, and Department of the Interior.

Enrollments will benefit farmers, ranchers, hunters, and wildlife across the country.

Dedicated public servant has nearly three decades of experience in conservation.

Legislation will strengthen nation’s most successful private lands conservation program.

After years of effort, House Bill 1431, sponsored by Representative Mandy Steele, has officially passed both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and was signed into law this week by Governor Josh Shapiro. This legislation fully repeals the longstanding prohibition on Sunday hunting, which was one of the last vestiges of Pennsylvania's “blue laws,” designed to promote religious observance and rest by restricting certain activities on Sundays.

Congress has passed its budget reconciliation package (known also as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”), sending the bill to President Trump’s desk for signature. It’s a wide-ranging bill impacting wide swaths of the American economy—and it has some key provisions for habitat and hunters.

Brings wildlife biology, partnership, and advocacy experience to the team.

Brings years of CEQ and policy development experience to national role.

Carries over two decades of experience advocating for upland habitat.

Encouraging funding and improvements for Farm Bill conservation programs.

Signup period runs from May 12-June 6, 2025.

Amendment could set a dangerous precedent for our nation’s public lands.

PF & QF have grave concerns this proposed cut would handcuff farmers and wildlife habitat.

Now is the time to support the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. 

New appointees will help lead the way for agriculture and wildlife.

Legislation would triple funding for VPA-HIP in the next farm bill.

Make sure you know how your state funds conservation efforts.

Brings strong policy background and passion for agriculture and rural communities to the role.

Served North Dakota's citizens for the past eight years as an advocate for the outdoors.

Discussing Anglewicz's work in state-level conservation policy, including updates on Kansas House Bill 2063, efforts to secure wildlife habitat funding, and the role of hunters in public policy.

Establishes state conservation fund.

Partnership continues to fuel wildlife habitat conservation efforts.

Mid-Season Reflections with Quail to Kickstart My 2025.

Once signed by the President, bill reauthorizes important conservation funding opportunities.

Conservation Transcends Politics.

Bill supports the protection of America’s grasslands and shrub-steppe ecosystems.

Amidst busy hunting season planning and trips, make sure you find a way to use your voice this election season.

LWCF has served as a critical tool for public land access for generations.

US House Agriculture Chairwoman Stabenow, a democrat from Michigan, discusses the bi-partisan nature of this critical conservation legislation.

US House Agriculture Chairman Thompson, a republican from rural Pennsylvania, discusses the bi-partisan nature of this critical conservation legislation.

Vetter reflects on her first year in the organization’s top leadership role while also detailing the vision, mission, values, and four strategic priorities comprising the organization’s new strategic plan themed “Building Forever.”

Congress can act now to secure increased Farm Bill funding for generations to come.

Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program plays a critical role for habitat and public access.

Four habitat champions from across the country celebrated at 89th gathering.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever encourage you to make your voice heard at an upcoming series of Kansas Water Office meetings to discuss the State Water Plan.

Highlighting some common challenges to conservation policy across the upland range.

House Committee on Agriculture advances the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024.

Position will help drive state-level conservation policy across the upland range.

House and Senate proposals would strengthen conservation and access initiatives for farmers, ranchers, hunters, and wildlife.

245 million acres of habitat management opportunity.

Science-based project demonstrates the need for legislation aimed at conserving America's prairies, savannas, glades, and sagebrush.

Act will improve access and infrastructure for outdoor recreation on federal public lands and waters.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever advocated for bill to allow hunting on Sundays.

As hunters and public land users in Delaware, we are being offered the opportunity to add additional days to the upland hunting calendar.

Advocating for more habitat opportunities with the country’s largest public lands manager.

Discussing a new effort to create sustainable conservation funding in Kansas.

Wiegard talks about her hunting roots, her bird dogs, and how her career path in agriculture and conservation has culminated in her dream job at PF & QF.

Jim Inglis set to retire from The Habitat Organization.

Nearly 40 years after its creation, CRP remains one of the greatest conservation gifts we’ve ever received.

Advocacy work begins in early 2024 with Conservation Day at the Capitol.

Recognizing the importance of the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) and its impact on state-level access programs.

PF & QF Ramp Up Farm Bill Advocacy.

Every acre enrolled counts — for them and us.

1.2 Billion to Support Conservation throughout the Country

Big impacts for upland conservation are on the line.

The case for saving a prairie icon.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks to help create new Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) acres in the Big Sioux River Watershed along the state’s eastern border. 

This iconic species exists on borrowed time unless increased private land conservation funding helps landowners conserve grasslands in western landscapes.

A heartbreaker that can be reversed.

Last week Bethany Erb, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s director of government affairs, was named to Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council. 

Several years in the making, the Grasslands Conservation Act is a significant step for grassland conservation efforts in the 21st century

Pittman-Robertson Act has generated $15 billion in funding for critical wildlife habitat conservation over the past 85 years.

Discussing the $1.4 billion federal legislation dedicated to protecting “at risk” species.

What are “Climate-Smart Commodities,” and how are Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever involved in a new program to increase them?

Bill would provide $1.39 Billion annually to conservation.

Working towards a 27-million-acre program cap in fiscal year 2023.

Pheasant and quail research helping determine “where birds live on farms” and improving agricultural policy.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s president and CEO, Howard Vincent, will be joined by the chief executives of some of the nation’s leading conservation organizations at the 2022 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic to discuss a path forward for the North American Grasslands Conservation Act.

Anti-public lands legislation introduced yesterday in the Iowa Legislature threatens increased opportunities for outdoor recreation AND the rights of private landowners.

Press conference launches USDA’s $1 billion Climate-Smart Grant Program for Agriculture.

Help PF Fund the Trust for Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation in 2022

Landowners encouraged to submit applications citing higher payment rates and other incentives.

The climate policy discussion is an opportunity for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever to advance our upland habitat mission

How grassland wildlife habitat is part of the climate challenge solution.

Chris Horton and Kent Keene explain how the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is working to advance habitat, hunting, and angling legislation across the country. 

Nearly 50,000 emails delivered to Congress in support of a North American Grasslands Conservation Act.

Reversing CRP trend and filling acreage cap remain priorities of The Habitat Organization.

Emergency haying and grazing on conservation lands is of vital importance to producers in drought times.

Higher payment rates, new incentives to help spur future program enrollment.

The climate policy discussion is an opportunity for Pheasants Forever to advance our upland habitat mission.

What's on the horizon for CRP in 2021 and beyond.