conservation

Mike Tonkovich of Ohio Wins NDA’s 2025 Professional Deer Manager of the Year Award

Feb 17, 2026 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association (NDA) is proud to announce it has presented its 2025 Professional Deer Manager of the Year Award to Dr. Mike Tonkovich, the recently retired Deer Program Administrator for the Ohio Department…

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Andrew McKean of Outdoor Life Wins NDA’s Communicator of the Year for Coverage of Public-Land Threats

Feb 3, 2026 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association is pleased to present its 2025 Signpost Communicator of the Year Award to Andrew McKean of Montana for outstanding coverage of the threat of public land sales in 2025. McKean is…

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Meet the Smallest Deer in North America, Florida’s Key Deer

Mar 5, 2025 Ben Westfall

What do you picture when you think of deer? The iconic whitetail is likely what comes to mind for most of us, but there are several other deer species found in the wild lands of…

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Why is the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation Important?

Sep 10, 2024 Amber Kornak

In the last few years I have been seeing many people suggest that certain wildlife laws conflict with the the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. This made me wonder how many people even know…

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These Are the Good Old Days of Deer Hunting. Here Are 3 Ways to Ensure They Last.

Feb 21, 2024 Kip Adams

I’m fortunate to hunt on the family farm in Pennsylvania where I grew up. When I started hunting in the 1980s, we had a lot of deer, very few bucks over 1½ years old, very…

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Katie Hill of Outdoor Life Receives NDA’s Signpost Communicator of the Year Award

Jan 24, 2024 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association is pleased to present its 2023 Signpost Communicator of the Year Award to Katie Hill of Montana, a staff writer for Outdoor Life. Named after the organization’s first newsletter, the Signpost…

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National Deer Association Names USDA Forest Service as Agency of the Year

Jan 24, 2024 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association is pleased to name the USDA Forest Service (USFS) as its 2023 Agency of the Year Award winner. This annual award is presented to an agency that has practiced innovative and…

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Action Alert: Support Southeast Deer Partnership Funding in the 2023 Florida Budget

May 26, 2023 Torin Miller

Florida’s 2023 budget bill, which passed the Florida legislature in early May, includes a line item that provides $200,000 for Florida to become a financial partner of the Southeast Deer Partnership (SDP). Florida’s contribution is…

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NDA Celebrates 85 Years of American System of Conservation Funding

Sep 15, 2022 Amber Kornak

85 years ago, a partnership between sportsmen and woman, state fish and wildlife agencies and the archery and firearms industries was formed through the passage of the Pittman-Robertson Act (PR). In 1937, an excise tax…

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Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Takes Giant Step Forward with House Passage

Jun 15, 2022 Amber Kornak

On June 14th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA, H.R. 2773) – a bipartisan once-in-a generation conservation bill investing significantly in the future of at-risk species and habitats nationwide….

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