Conservation
Breaking down the latest news and unpacking the most critical issues surrounding conservation, climate & environment, and public lands & waters, and wildlife management.
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![Hurricane damage in lousiana has cost millions in fisheries damages.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20/241804637_271063628179900_787715067960364198_n.jpg?w=697)
Climate & Environment
Two Years of Hurricanes Have Caused $579 Million in Damages to Louisiana Fisheries
![Juvenile chinook salmon](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/05/juvenile_chinook_salmon_california.jpg?w=675)
Climate & Environment
Warm Water, Drought Conditions Take Heavy Toll on Endangered Salmon in California
![Virginia elk herd](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/11/Virginia-elk-herd.jpg?w=800)
Big Game Hunting
Virginia to Hold First-Ever Managed Elk Hunt This Fall
![Whitetail doe in Florida](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/10/whitetail_doe_2_Florida.jpg?w=677)
Big Game Hunting
Chronic Wasting Disease Has Now Been Confirmed in Alabama
![colorado elk hunters](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/06/elk7.jpg?w=675)
On a Colorado Elk Hunt, Any Legal Bull Is a Trophy
![The original Boone and Crockett national collection trophy mounts are now housed in Springfield, Missouri.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/21/boone_crockett_national_collection.jpg?w=675)
The History—and Future—of Trophy Hunting in North America
![Trapping and hunting furbearers is a sustainable practice.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/23/lynx_trappers_alaska.jpg?w=675)
Furbearers Are the Ultimate Renewable Resource
![A bighorn sheep nursery is being planned for a private ranch in Utah.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/21/bighorn_snow_ram-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
In Utah, a Desert Bighorn Sheep “Nursery” Planned for Private Ranch
![Montreal Suburb Plans to Euthanize Most Deer in City Park](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/10/deer-2264351_1920.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
Montreal Suburb Plans to Euthanize Most Deer in City Park
![steelhead from idaho's salmon river](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/03/colored_up_steelhead.jpg?w=802)
Climate & Environment
Officials Close Sportfishing on Washington Coastal Rivers to Protect Steelhead
![The Bridger-Teton National Forest is located in Western Wyoming](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/19/bridger-teton-national-forest.jpg?w=675)
Conservation
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Act
![whitetail doe](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/15/john-hafner-archive_20377.jpg?w=676)
Big Game Hunting
What All Hunters Need to Know About Coronavirus in Whitetails
![Point creep is affecting the draw results for certain hunters out West.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/05/point_creep-scaled.jpg?w=635)