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Climate & Environment

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A fire in Idaho
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We’re Having Our Worst Wildfire Year in a Decade, and It’s Probably Going to Get Worse

By Natalie Krebs

A dust storm rolls across arizona.
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The Next Dust Bowl Is (Probably) Coming. Here’s What to Know

By Andrew McKean

A colorado fisherman casts into a pool.
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Colorado’s Trout Fishing Forecast Is Grim After Minimal Snow Pack and Record Heat. These Are the Bright Spots

By Dac Collins

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

By Christine Peterson

A mine adjacent to forest in Montana.
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The USDA Just Finalized Faster Environmental Reviews for Public-Land Projects

By Christine Peterson

Giant Hogweed in a river bed
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‘My Face Started Peeling.’ This Weed Is 20 Feet Tall, Causes Chemical Burns, and Might Be in Your Local Woods

By Natalie Krebs

A bald cypress grows out of the swamp in the Okefenokee.
Climate & Environment

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

By Dac Collins

Many asian swamp eels crawl over each other
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This Air-Breathing Swamp Eel Is Quietly Taking Over the Florida Everglades

By Dac Collins

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

By Christine Peterson

An aerial view of sockeye salmon swimming in a lake.
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Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

By Dac Collins

Wisconsin trapper with furs, which will last longer than meat from game.
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Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

By Skye Goode

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

By Bjorn Dihle

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

By Dac Collins