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A bald eagle on a post.

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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.

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

By Christine Peterson

ANWR coastal plain

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Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

By Natalie Krebs

A team loads a fossilized rock contain a turtle shell into a boat in Alabama.

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Photos: A Family Found This Giant Fossil (and Discovered a New Species) While Fishing in Alabama

By Kris Millgate

hunting southeast alaska

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Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

Wild venison cooking in neon green sauce to represent a story about forever chemicals in wild game meat.

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Yes, Forever Chemicals Are in Your Wild Game and Fish. You Should Eat (Most of) It Anyway

By Christine Peterson

boundary waters canoe area wilderness

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Podcast: “This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting.” Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade

By Alex Robinson

Kyle Lybarger tries to call out Alexandra Fasulo for spreading misinformation.

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One of Conservation’s Rising Stars Called Out a Potential Scammer. Then Came the Death Threats

By Kris Millgate

Coho salmon swimming upriver to spawn.

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We Had a Workable Plan to Recover the Northwest’s Salmon Runs. The Trump Administration Just Shut It Down

A look at the destruction caused by the 2025 Ice Storm in Michigan.

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A Massive Ice Storm in the Midwest Destroyed Millions of Acres of Public Forest. Here’s What Happens Next

The arctic national wildlife refuge

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While Public Land Advocates Celebrate House Bill Victory, Several Troubling Provisions Were Passed

By Andrew McKean

The sun sets on a perfect September day of paddling and fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

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House Committee Weighs Budget Bill That Would Allow Boundary Waters Mine, Approve Ambler Road, and Mandate Massive Coal Leases

By Andrew McKean

Researchers unearth a mammoth tusk in West Texas.

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‘I Couldn’t Believe It.’ Deer Hunter Finds Prehistoric Mammoth Tusk on West Texas Ranch

A grizzly bear walking through the woods in the snow.

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The Endangered Species Act Has Been ‘Warped by Decades of Radical Environmental Litigation,’ Says Lawmaker Who Wants to Overhaul It

By Natalie Krebs

Doug Burgum is sworn in as DOI secretary

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North Dakota Governor and Retired Software Exec Doug Burgum Confirmed as Interior Secretary

By Andrew McKean

Caribou with antlers feeding on snow-covered tundra with oilfield pipeline in background

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Trump Orders Resource Development on Alaska Public Lands ‘to the Fullest Extent Possible,’ But May Also Restore Hunting Opportunities

By Natalie Krebs

A juvenile steelhead trout from a southern California creek.

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As L.A. Wildfires Burn, Fish Rescuers Use Buckets, Backpacks to Save 271 of the Last Remaining Steelhead in SoCal Creek

Colorado officials stand over a wolf crate in the dark.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Releases Second Batch of Wolves Amid Threats, Rumors, and Growing Controversy

A steelhead in California.

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L.A. Wildfires Torched One of SoCal’s Last Remaining Steelhead Streams

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Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists

By Andrew McKean