Public Lands & Waters

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A brown river access sign with a fish on it.

Public Lands & Waters

The Federal Government Is About to Make Public Waterway Rules Way Less Confusing

By Christine Peterson

An elk hunter with his bull elk and the rancher who stole it.

Public Lands & Waters

Watch: A Landowner Stole My Buddy’s Public-Land Elk to Deter Us from ‘Hunting This Outfit’

By Andrew McKean

A bald eagle on a post.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds Announce Plan to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act. It Throws Out Science and Adds (More) Red Tape

By Christine Peterson

A public health sign advising fishermen not to consume the fish in a contaminated pond.

Public Lands & Waters

The EPA Is Gutting the Clean Water Act, Which Has Protected Fish and Game for 53 Years

By Christine Peterson

A sheep hunter in the Maroon Bells

Public Lands & Waters

Federal Public-Land Recreation Generates $350M Daily, Creates More Jobs Than Logging and Mining Combined

By Christine Peterson

Ryan Callaghan behind a spotting scope

Public Lands & Waters

Outdoor Life Podcast: Is Ryan Callaghan the Optimist Our Public Lands Need?

By Natalie Krebs

The Organ Mountains National Monument in New Mexico.

Public Lands & Waters

Former New Mexico Congressman (and Supporter of Public-Land Transfers) Picked to Lead the BLM

By Andrew McKean

Ryan Callaghan has been named the new president and CEO of BHA.

Public Lands & Waters

Ryan ‘Cal’ Callaghan Named the New CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

By Natalie Krebs, Alex Robinson

ANWR coastal plain

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

By Natalie Krebs

Federal hatchery workers load fish into a truck.

Public Lands & Waters

2,000 Federal Public-Land Employees Could Lose Jobs Amid Shutdown

By Christine Peterson

A screenshot of iron bar holdings and corner parcels

Public Lands & Waters

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Corner-Crossing Case

By Christine Peterson

Public Lands & Waters

Congress Throws 166 Million Acres of BLM into Limbo by Upending Decades of Local Compromise

By Christine Peterson

mike lee just introduced a bad border bill

Public Lands & Waters

Senator Lee Is Back with His Attack on Public Lands. This Time He Wants to Butcher the Wilderness Act Under the Guise of Border Security

By Christine Peterson

Public Lands & Waters

More Than 99 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Roadless Rule Rollbacks, According to New Analysis

hunting southeast alaska

Public Lands & Waters

Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

A cow grazes on BLM rangeland.

Public Lands & Waters

Just a Year After It Was Implemented, the BLM Plans to Rescind the Public Lands Rule

By Andrew McKean

A photo of pronghorn on BLM land with oil and gas infrastructure.

Public Lands & Waters

Americans Already Agreed How to Balance Energy Development on Public Land in Their States. The House Just Voted to Undo It

By Andrew McKean

Grading a road in the wilderness.

Public Lands & Waters

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

A drake mallard on the water at a wildlife refuge in Wyoming.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds to Expand Hunting and Fishing Access on 87,000 Acres in 11 States

A land for sale sign in the Western U.S.

Public Lands & Waters

A Sneaky Way Lawmakers Can Sell Your Public Land, and 3 Other Things Insiders Won’t Say on the Record

By Christine Peterson