Conservation

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The Largest Migration on Earth Happens in the Ocean, Every Single Night

By Bob McNally

Pro Snake-Hunting Team Bags Massive 16-Foot, 91-Pound Python

By Bob McNally

Petition to Ban All Interstate Transport of Wildlife Would Cripple U.S. Hunters, Conservation

By Bob McNally

After 23 Years of Complaints from Hunters, Idaho Poacher Gets Jail Time, 10-Year Hunting Ban

By Dac Collins

Iguana Hunter Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida

By Bob McNally

Snake Hunters Remove 223 Invasive Burmese Pythons from the Everglades in Annual Challenge

By Bob McNally

Grizzly Travels 2,800 Miles for Food and Shelter, Puzzling Wildlife Biologists

By Alan Clemons

Every Hunter Should Know What the Lacey Act Is, How It Works, and Why It’s On the Books

By Joe Genzel

Watch: Bobcat Fights a Python, Steals Its Eggs

By Dac Collins

First-Ever Photos of Mating Florida Panthers Captured on Trail Camera

By Natalie Krebs

BLM Begins Largest Wild Horse and Burro Gather in History, Offers $1,000 Incentive to Adopt One

By Natalie Krebs

Fishing Closures, Wildfire Prevention, and “Rattlesnakes Everywhere”: Drought is Taking a Toll on Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation in the West

By Bob McNally

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Alaska Man Rescues Dumpster-Diving Moose That Was Choking on a Garbage Bag

By Dac Collins

Wolverine Spotted in Western Oregon for the First Time in Over 30 Years

By Katie Hill

Two Deer Spend the Night Stranded on a Missouri Rooftop

By Bob McNally

Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio

By Dac Collins

Mountain Lion Sneaks Up on Couple in Hot Tub, Swats Man’s Head

By Katie Hill

Colorado Wolves Kill Working Dog, Fatally Injure Pet Dog on Back-to-Back Days

By Katie Hill

Why Are Wild Turkey Populations Declining?

By Katie Hill

Freight Train Collides with Elk Herd in Washington State, Killing 26 Elk

By Katie Hill

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

By Bob McNally

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

By Bob McNally

Rare Pneumonia Outbreak Kills 200 Pronghorn Antelope in Western Wyoming

By Bob McNally

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

By Bob McNally

A Mining Proposal in the Okefenokee Threatens America’s Largest Remaining Blackwater Swamp

By Chris Hunt

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

By Bob McNally

Feds Announce Plan to Restore Bison Populations and Improve America’s Grasslands

By Dac Collins

Manitoba Is About to Get Way Less Accessible for American Waterfowlers

By Katie Hill

A Win for Anglers: U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms New Mexico’s Decision that All Streams in the State Are Public

By Dac Collins

Nearly 3,000 Aquatic Species Impacted by East Palestine Train Derailment

By Katie Hill

Are People Illegally Sneaking Walleye into an Idaho Lake?

By Katie Hill

Officials Determine Wolves Might Not Be to Blame for 40 Cow Deaths in Colorado

By Dac Collins

Utah Closes All Shed Hunting Until May. Some Hunters Aren’t Happy About It

By Katie Hill

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

By Dac Collins

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

By Dac Collins

Minnesota Has the Most Wolves in the Lower 48 but Does Not Allow Wolf Hunting. Here’s Why

By Keegan Sentner

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

By Dac Collins

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

By Dac Collins

Watch: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Saws Poachers’ Guns in Half

By Katie Hill

Celebrity Bowhunting Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the Lacey Act

By Katie Hill

States Consider Using Budget Surpluses to Fund Conservation

By Katie Hill

Poisonous ‘Pods’ Are Still a Problem in Bowhunting

By Katie Hill

Watch: Animal Welfare Activists and ‘Trail Hunt’ Supporters Brawl During U.K. Boxing Day Celebration

By Katie Hill

Funding for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Other Conservation Efforts Included in $1.7 Trillion Spending Package

By Katie Hill

Sen. Rand Paul Is Final Holdout on Chronic Wasting Disease Bill, Sources Confirm

By Katie Hill

Public-Land Hunters Object to Land Swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains

By Katie Hill

As Magnet Fishing Booms, More Guns Are Being Pulled from America’s Waters. Can Magnet Fishers Legally Keep Them?

By Katie Hill

The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild

By Laura Lancaster

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting

By Russell Worth Parker

Montana’s Controversial Pheasant Stocking Program Moves Forward

By Dac Collins

Hunting License Sales Saw a Slight Decrease in 2021

By Keegan Sentner

Utah’s Record-High Hunting and Fishing License Sales Fund 91 Habitat Projects

By Wade Thiel

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

By Christine Peterson

Is Hunter Recruitment Really Hurting Hunting Opportunity in the West? Here’s One R3 Coordinator’s Take

By Paul Kemper

Let’s Not Forget, the Midwest and South (Not the West) Are the Heartbeat of Hunting in America

By Alex Robinson

A Rookie’s Guide to Hunting Social Media

By Cliff Cadet

New Survey Reveals “COVID Bump” Hunters’ Motivations and Impacts

By Andrew McKean

Hunting Mamas: The Trend No One Expected to Take Off. Here’s Why It Did

By Beka Garris

Are Floating Ice Barriers the Cause of Lake Erie’s Deteriorating Fishery?

By Andrew McKean

Wolverine Spotted in Western Oregon for the First Time in Over 30 Years

By Katie Hill

Millions of Dead Fish Clog Australian River in Catastrophic Fish Kill

By Dac Collins

Is Wildlife in Trouble This Winter? Here’s Why Biologists Aren’t Too Concerned About Winterkill

By Katie Hill

Feds Announce Plan to Restore Bison Populations and Improve America’s Grasslands

By Dac Collins

Nearly 3,000 Aquatic Species Impacted by East Palestine Train Derailment

By Katie Hill

Utah Closes All Shed Hunting Until May. Some Hunters Aren’t Happy About It

By Katie Hill

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

By Dac Collins

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

By Dac Collins

Turn Your Old Christmas Tree into New Habitat for Game Fish

By Katie Hill

Waterfowl Fall from the Sky by the Hundreds as Lunar Eclipse Coincides with Snowstorm in Central Oregon

By Keegan Sentner

Rare, Late-Season Wildfires Burn Through the Heart of Pennsylvania’s Elk Range

By Keegan Sentner

Latest Conservation Stories

Are Floating Ice Barriers the Cause of Lake Erie’s Deteriorating Fishery?

By Andrew McKean

/ Mar 27, 2023

Alaska Man Rescues Dumpster-Diving Moose That Was Choking on a Garbage Bag

By Dac Collins

/ Mar 24, 2023

Wolverine Spotted in Western Oregon for the First Time in Over 30 Years

By Katie Hill

/ Mar 23, 2023

Two Deer Spend the Night Stranded on a Missouri Rooftop

By Bob McNally

/ Mar 22, 2023

Millions of Dead Fish Clog Australian River in Catastrophic Fish Kill

By Dac Collins

/ Mar 21, 2023

Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio

By Dac Collins

/ Mar 20, 2023

Mountain Lion Sneaks Up on Couple in Hot Tub, Swats Man’s Head

By Katie Hill

/ Mar 20, 2023

Colorado Wolves Kill Working Dog, Fatally Injure Pet Dog on Back-to-Back Days

By Katie Hill

/ Mar 17, 2023

Why Are Wild Turkey Populations Declining?

By Katie Hill

/ Mar 17, 2023

Freight Train Collides with Elk Herd in Washington State, Killing 26 Elk

By Katie Hill

/ Mar 16, 2023

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

/ Mar 15, 2023

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

By Bob McNally

/ Mar 15, 2023

A Mining Proposal in the Okefenokee Threatens America’s Largest Remaining Blackwater Swamp

By Chris Hunt

/ Mar 15, 2023

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

By Bob McNally

/ Mar 13, 2023

Rare Pneumonia Outbreak Kills 200 Pronghorn Antelope in Western Wyoming

By Bob McNally

/ Mar 9, 2023

Lawsuit Seeks to Bar Controversial Washington Wildlife Commissioner from Service

By Andrew McKean

/ Mar 9, 2023

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Featured In Conservation

The Largest Migration on Earth Happens in the Ocean, Every Single Night

Pro Snake-Hunting Team Bags Massive 16-Foot, 91-Pound Python

Petition to Ban All Interstate Transport of Wildlife Would Cripple U.S. Hunters, Conservation

After 23 Years of Complaints from Hunters, Idaho Poacher Gets Jail Time, 10-Year Hunting Ban

Iguana Hunter Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida

Snake Hunters Remove 223 Invasive Burmese Pythons from the Everglades in Annual Challenge

Grizzly Travels 2,800 Miles for Food and Shelter, Puzzling Wildlife Biologists

Every Hunter Should Know What the Lacey Act Is, How It Works, and Why It’s On the Books

Watch: Bobcat Fights a Python, Steals Its Eggs

First-Ever Photos of Mating Florida Panthers Captured on Trail Camera

BLM Begins Largest Wild Horse and Burro Gather in History, Offers $1,000 Incentive to Adopt One

Fishing Closures, Wildfire Prevention, and “Rattlesnakes Everywhere”: Drought is Taking a Toll on Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation in the West

Explore Conservation

Alaska Man Rescues Dumpster-Diving Moose That Was Choking on a Garbage Bag

Wolverine Spotted in Western Oregon for the First Time in Over 30 Years

Two Deer Spend the Night Stranded on a Missouri Rooftop

Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio

Mountain Lion Sneaks Up on Couple in Hot Tub, Swats Man’s Head

Colorado Wolves Kill Working Dog, Fatally Injure Pet Dog on Back-to-Back Days

Why Are Wild Turkey Populations Declining?

Freight Train Collides with Elk Herd in Washington State, Killing 26 Elk

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

Rare Pneumonia Outbreak Kills 200 Pronghorn Antelope in Western Wyoming

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

A Mining Proposal in the Okefenokee Threatens America’s Largest Remaining Blackwater Swamp

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

Feds Announce Plan to Restore Bison Populations and Improve America’s Grasslands

Manitoba Is About to Get Way Less Accessible for American Waterfowlers

A Win for Anglers: U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms New Mexico’s Decision that All Streams in the State Are Public

Nearly 3,000 Aquatic Species Impacted by East Palestine Train Derailment

Are People Illegally Sneaking Walleye into an Idaho Lake?

Officials Determine Wolves Might Not Be to Blame for 40 Cow Deaths in Colorado

Utah Closes All Shed Hunting Until May. Some Hunters Aren’t Happy About It

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

Minnesota Has the Most Wolves in the Lower 48 but Does Not Allow Wolf Hunting. Here’s Why

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

Watch: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Saws Poachers’ Guns in Half

Celebrity Bowhunting Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the Lacey Act

States Consider Using Budget Surpluses to Fund Conservation

Poisonous ‘Pods’ Are Still a Problem in Bowhunting

Watch: Animal Welfare Activists and ‘Trail Hunt’ Supporters Brawl During U.K. Boxing Day Celebration

Funding for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Other Conservation Efforts Included in $1.7 Trillion Spending Package

Sen. Rand Paul Is Final Holdout on Chronic Wasting Disease Bill, Sources Confirm

Public-Land Hunters Object to Land Swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains

As Magnet Fishing Booms, More Guns Are Being Pulled from America’s Waters. Can Magnet Fishers Legally Keep Them?

The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting

Montana’s Controversial Pheasant Stocking Program Moves Forward

Hunting License Sales Saw a Slight Decrease in 2021

Utah’s Record-High Hunting and Fishing License Sales Fund 91 Habitat Projects

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Is Hunter Recruitment Really Hurting Hunting Opportunity in the West? Here’s One R3 Coordinator’s Take

Let’s Not Forget, the Midwest and South (Not the West) Are the Heartbeat of Hunting in America

A Rookie’s Guide to Hunting Social Media

New Survey Reveals “COVID Bump” Hunters’ Motivations and Impacts

Hunting Mamas: The Trend No One Expected to Take Off. Here’s Why It Did

Are Floating Ice Barriers the Cause of Lake Erie’s Deteriorating Fishery?

Wolverine Spotted in Western Oregon for the First Time in Over 30 Years

Millions of Dead Fish Clog Australian River in Catastrophic Fish Kill

Is Wildlife in Trouble This Winter? Here’s Why Biologists Aren’t Too Concerned About Winterkill

Feds Announce Plan to Restore Bison Populations and Improve America’s Grasslands

Nearly 3,000 Aquatic Species Impacted by East Palestine Train Derailment

Utah Closes All Shed Hunting Until May. Some Hunters Aren’t Happy About It

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

Turn Your Old Christmas Tree into New Habitat for Game Fish

Waterfowl Fall from the Sky by the Hundreds as Lunar Eclipse Coincides with Snowstorm in Central Oregon

Rare, Late-Season Wildfires Burn Through the Heart of Pennsylvania’s Elk Range

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