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3 Key Questions From Deb Haaland’s Interior Secretary Confirmation Hearings
Update: President-Elect Biden Picks Deb Haaland for Department of Interior Secretary
Senate Takes on William Perry Pendley’s “Illegal Role” at Bureau of Land Management
The Hunters’ Election: “We Think This Is the Most Important Election for Sportsmen in Our Lives”
Breaking: Trump Administration Withdraws Pendley as Nominee for BLM Director
Breaking News: Trump Administration Withdraws Pendley as Nominee for BLM Director
MAPLand Act Would Move Public Land Access into the Digital Age (and Make it Easier to Find Hunting Spots)
The Secretary of the Interior on Climate Change, Wild Horses, CWD, and New Backcountry Conservation Areas
EPA Removes Water Protections and Rolls Back 2015 WOTUS Rule
Is the Trump Administration Really Looking Out for Outdoorsmen and Women? That Might Be Up to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
Showdown Over the Land and Water Conservation Fund Continues
Senate Bill Could Prohibit Financial Discrimination against Firearms Companies
Congress Moves to Protect 600 miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers
How the Government Shutdown is Impacting Public Lands: Rangers, Biologists, and National Parks Staff Members Stay Home
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Ben Long
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Ryan Zinke Departs Interior with a Mixed Record on Sportsmen’s Issues
Farm Bill Uncertainty Looms Over Conservation Projects
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Ben Long
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Lame Duck Session Could Be Key for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization
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Ben Long
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Senator Mike Lee Pledges Long-Term Attack on Public Lands
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Congress’ Spending Bill Invests in Access and Habitat, For Now
Public Land Roundup: National Monument Trimming, Biking in Wilderness, and the Pebble Mine
Zinke’s World View
Facts are Victims in the War Over National Monuments
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Ben Long
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Now Open: New Mexico’s Sabinoso Wilderness
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Ben Long
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Public Land Roundup: The Elliott is Saved, Trust Land Trouble in Utah, and White House Budget Slashes LWCF
An Open Letter to Secretary Zinke on National Monuments
Public Land Roundup: Trump to Review National Monument Designations, RMEF Opens Acres, Hung Jury in First Nevada Bundy Trial
Ryan Zinke Named Secretary of the Interior
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Ben Long
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Hillary Clinton on Public Lands, Conservation, and Funding Wildlife Agencies
What a Trump Administration Would Do for Wildlife, Streams, and Forests
How Donald Trump’s Sons Became Hunters
An Open Letter to Our Next President
Opinion: The Next President Should be a Force for Conservation
Q&A: Donald Trump on Guns, Hunting, and Conservation
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Cut: Congress Doesn’t Care About Public Access (Or About Urban Kids)
Gun Stories of the Week: North Carolina Debates Lifting Antiquated Sunday Hunting Laws
Reduce Your Debt To Uncle Sam and Help Hunting
Why The Sportsmen’s Act Died (And Why Hunters and Anglers Share The Blame)
Call To Action: Help Bring The Sportsmen’s Act to a Vote
Wildlife Officials to Ban Coyote and Predator Contests in California
Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Passes House, Now Awaits Passage in the Senate
Hey Congress, stop stealing our access money
House Introduces Bill That Will Cut Funding for Many Conservation Programs
Conservation Groups Endorse Ban on New Mining in Huge Stretch of Federal Land
Funding for 20 Federal Agricultural Conservation Programs Lost in Farm Bill Limbo
Debate Continues Over Fishing and Hunting Opportunity Bill
Michigan Bill Puts More Volunteer Boots on the Ground
Wilderness Roads Provision in Access Bill Causes Controversy
Why Some Turkey Hunting Regulations Should Change
Tell the Senate to Pass the Sportsmen’s Act – NOW!
U.S. Senate Kills Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 Over $10 Duck Stamp Increase
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Ben Lamb
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Must-Pass Legislation: Sportsmen’s Act of 2012
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Ben Lamb
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Vote for Your Right to Hunt and Fish
Arizona Battles the Federal Government for Control of the Grand Canyon
Minnesota Bill Could Open Up Boundary Waters Canoe Area For Mining
Official GOP Platform: Sell America’s Public Land
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Ben Lamb
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He’s a Hunter, but Paul Ryan’s Budget Deserves Scrutiny
Why We Should Overturn Sunday Hunting Bans
HR 4089 Protects Recreational Shooting Rights on Public Land
House Passes Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, But is it Really a Win for Outdoorsmen?
Mink Attack
Bone Collecting Legalized
Swiss ban catch & release angling, goldfish flushing
John McCain on fisheries management