Latest Policy & Legislation Stories
New Jersey Bill Would Require Landowners to Notify Neighbors Before Hunting Their Own Land
BLM Unlocks 75,000 Acres of Private and Public Land With Major Purchase in Wyoming
This Public-Land Mining Law Hasn’t Changed Since 1872. A New Bill Would Impose Royalties for Hardrock Mining on Federal Land
The Most Important Wildlife Conservation Legislation in 50 Years Is Primed for Passage in Congress
The House Just Passed an Act That Will Make It Easier for Hunters to Find and Access Public Lands
Is USFWS About to Walk Back Its Expansion of Hunting on Federal Land Because of Lead Ammo?
Want to Understand the Corner-Crossing Issue? Listen to These Podcasts from Randy Newberg
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Act
President Biden Will Sign His Infrastructure Bill Monday. Here’s Why Conservation Groups Are Excited About That
Biden Administration to Restore Roadless Rule Protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Why Do States Have Such Different (and Obscure) Hunting Regulations? It’s Partly Because We Can’t Agree on What’s Ethical
Mink Attack
Bone Collecting Legalized
Land and Water Conservation Fund Cut: Congress Doesn’t Care About Public Access (Or About Urban Kids)
Q&A: Donald Trump on Guns, Hunting, and Conservation
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Gun Stories of the Week: North Carolina Debates Lifting Antiquated Sunday Hunting Laws
Opinion: The Next President Should be a Force for Conservation
An Open Letter to Our Next President
What a Trump Administration Would Do for Wildlife, Streams, and Forests
How Donald Trump’s Sons Became Hunters
Hillary Clinton on Public Lands, Conservation, and Funding Wildlife Agencies
Reduce Your Debt To Uncle Sam and Help Hunting
Ryan Zinke Named Secretary of the Interior
Public Land Roundup: Trump to Review National Monument Designations, RMEF Opens Acres, Hung Jury in First Nevada Bundy Trial
An Open Letter to Secretary Zinke on National Monuments
Public Land Roundup: The Elliott is Saved, Trust Land Trouble in Utah, and White House Budget Slashes LWCF
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
Now Open: New Mexico’s Sabinoso Wilderness
Facts are Victims in the War Over National Monuments
Zinke’s World View
Public Land Roundup: National Monument Trimming, Biking in Wilderness, and the Pebble Mine
Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Passes House, Now Awaits Passage in the Senate
Congress’ Spending Bill Invests in Access and Habitat, For Now
Senator Mike Lee Pledges Long-Term Attack on Public Lands
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Hey Congress, stop stealing our access money
Swiss ban catch & release angling, goldfish flushing
Lame Duck Session Could Be Key for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization
Farm Bill Uncertainty Looms Over Conservation Projects
Ryan Zinke Departs Interior with a Mixed Record on Sportsmen’s Issues
How the Government Shutdown is Impacting Public Lands: Rangers, Biologists, and National Parks Staff Members Stay Home
John McCain on fisheries management
Congress Moves to Protect 600 miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers
Senate Bill Could Prohibit Financial Discrimination against Firearms Companies
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
Showdown Over the Land and Water Conservation Fund Continues
Debate Continues Over Fishing and Hunting Opportunity Bill
Wilderness Roads Provision in Access Bill Causes Controversy
Michigan Bill Puts More Volunteer Boots on the Ground
Is the Trump Administration Really Looking Out for Outdoorsmen and Women? That Might Be Up to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
Why Some Turkey Hunting Regulations Should Change
EPA Removes Water Protections and Rolls Back 2015 WOTUS Rule
The Secretary of the Interior on Climate Change, Wild Horses, CWD, and New Backcountry Conservation Areas
MAPLand Act Would Move Public Land Access into the Digital Age (and Make it Easier to Find Hunting Spots)
Tell the Senate to Pass the Sportsmen’s Act – NOW!
U.S. Senate Kills Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 Over $10 Duck Stamp Increase
Must-Pass Legislation: Sportsmen’s Act of 2012
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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