Policy & Legislation

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Close up of coyote fur.
Policy & Legislation

Colorado Advances Fur Ban, Contradicting Public Opinion and Biologist Recommendations

By Dac Collins

a photo collage of high fence animals idaho
Policy & Legislation

High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in

By Christine Peterson

A sign that says entering public lands.
Policy & Legislation

Podcast: Randy Newberg’s Forecast for Our Public Lands Has Some Surprising Good News

By Natalie Krebs

A BLM sign
Policy & Legislation

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

By Christine Peterson

A composite image of the BLM nominee Stevan Pearce
Policy & Legislation

What’s So Bad About Stevan Pearce, Trump’s Pick to Run the BLM? For Starters, His Public-Land Track Record

By Andrew McKean

An aerial view of sockeye salmon swimming in a lake.
Policy & Legislation

Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

By Dac Collins

An entry sign in the Superior National Forest.
Policy & Legislation

The Forest Service Wants to ‘Streamline’ How Your Public Lands Are Managed by Giving You Less Opportunity to Comment

By Dac Collins

A male white-tailed deer with antlers, Odocoileus virginianus, walks across a field in Indiana. High quality photo
Policy & Legislation

Indiana Lawmakers Move to Abolish Natural Resources Commission, Allowing Regulations to Be Made Without Oversight

By Andrew McKean

A bison grazes with snow flurries.
Policy & Legislation

‘Affirmative Action for Cattle.’ Tribes Challenge Fed’s Plan to Revoke Bison-Grazing Leases on Public Land

By Dac Collins

Two anglers on a flats boat in Florida.
Policy & Legislation

‘These Are Billionaire Executives Looking to Silence Public Criticism.’ Proposed Florida Law Would Limit Conservationists from Disparaging the Sugarcane Industry 

By Dac Collins

Animal rights activists hold a sign that reads "go vegan." Activists in Oregon are pushing for a ballot initiative to ban all hunting, fishing, livestock production.
Policy & Legislation

Animal-Rights Activists Are Attempting a Ban So Absurd That It Would Affect ‘Every Oregonian’

By Natalie Krebs

A hunting rifle with a suppressor on it
Policy & Legislation

South Dakota Is Preparing for Suppressor Deregulation. These 16 States Should Follow Suit

By Natalie Krebs

A herd of bison graze on a hillside in Montana.
Policy & Legislation

BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

By Dac Collins

Canoeists in the Boundary Waters.
Policy & Legislation

House Votes to Strip Critical Boundary Waters Protections in a Blow to Sportsmen and Public Lands

By Christine Peterson

A bald eagle on a post.
Policy & Legislation

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.
Policy & Legislation

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

By Christine Peterson

A haul of pollock aboard a factory trawler.
Policy & Legislation

This Mind-Boggling Commercial Fishing Practice Is Robbing Alaska’s Anglers

By Dac Collins

Ryan Callaghan behind a spotting scope
Policy & Legislation

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

By Natalie Krebs

A BLM sign
Policy & Legislation

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
Policy & Legislation

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