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Firefighters on the Dixie Fire.
Public Lands & Waters

‘Everything Is Ready to Burn.’ The West Braces for a Brutal Fire Season

By Christine Peterson

A man hops in a canoe in the BWCA
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‘Call Your Senators, It’s Go Time.’ The Senate Will Likely Vote on Boundary Waters Protections This Week

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

Two climbing guides in wyoming
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‘A Total Threat to My Way of Life.’ New Wyoming PAC Aims to Oust Anti-Public-Land Politicians

By Natalie Krebs

a nutria swims in a swamp
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National Park Service Announces New Hunting Opportunities to Control Invasive Species. Volunteers Could Save Taxpayers Millions

By Andrew McKean

A bull elk in the backcountry.
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Roadless Areas Provide 10 Times Better Elk Hunting and Support the Best Trout Streams in the West, Study Shows

By Dac Collins

Dan chops firewood in the BWCA.
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Podcast: We Lived in the Boundary Waters for an Entire Year

By Dac Collins

A bald cypress grows out of the swamp in the Okefenokee.
Public Lands & Waters

This Unique Blackwater Swamp Could’ve Been a Mine. Now It’s Becoming a Wildlife Management Area

By Dac Collins

stolen bull
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Video: We Helicoptered into Landlocked Public Ground for an Epic Elk Hunt — Then a Rancher Stole Our Bull

By Andrew McKean

Director of the Bureau of Land Management nominee Stevan Pearce is sworn in during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee.
Public Lands & Waters

Controversial BLM Nominee Steve Pearce Advances to Senate for a Full Vote, Says He’s ‘Not So Sure’ About Keeping Public Lands

By Andrew McKean

a photo collage of high fence animals idaho
Public Lands & Waters

High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in

By Christine Peterson

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river
Public Lands & Waters

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

A sign that says entering public lands.
Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Randy Newberg’s Forecast for Our Public Lands Has Some Surprising Good News

By Natalie Krebs

A BLM sign
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The Interior Just Gutted a Bedrock Conservation Law That Will Affect Public Lands Everywhere

By Christine Peterson

A composite image of the BLM nominee Stevan Pearce
Public Lands & Waters

What’s So Bad About Stevan Pearce, Trump’s Pick to Run the BLM? For Starters, His Public-Land Track Record

By Andrew McKean

An aerial view of sockeye salmon swimming in a lake.
Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

By Dac Collins

An entry sign in the Superior National Forest.
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The Forest Service Wants to ‘Streamline’ How Your Public Lands Are Managed by Giving You Less Opportunity to Comment

By Dac Collins

A bison grazes with snow flurries.
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‘Affirmative Action for Cattle.’ Tribes Challenge Fed’s Plan to Revoke Bison-Grazing Leases on Public Land

By Dac Collins

A lone bison grazing in Montana.
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Podcast: Here’s Why the Plan to Recover Wild Bison Has Become So Controversial

By Dac Collins

A herd of bison graze on a hillside in Montana.
Public Lands & Waters

BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

By Dac Collins

Canoeists in the Boundary Waters.
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House Votes to Strip Critical Boundary Waters Protections in a Blow to Sportsmen and Public Lands

By Christine Peterson