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Houses with mountains in background.

Opinion

Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.

Conservation

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

A whitetail buck in the woods.

Conservation

Instead of Banning Lead Outright, Feds to Try Paying Hunters to Use Non-Toxic Ammo on Certain Wildlife Refuges Instead of Banning Lead Outright, Feds to Try Paying Hunters to Use Non-Toxic Ammo on Certain Wildlife Refuges

A wire booby trap found on a trail in Colorado.

Conservation

Wire Booby Traps Found on Public Trail Were Put There to Injure OHV Riders, Say Law Enforcement Wire Booby Traps Found on Public Trail Were Put There to Injure OHV Riders, Say Law Enforcement

A young deer fawn lying in a prescribed burn area.

Conservation

No, Your Prescribed Burn Isn’t Killing Loads of Fawns and Turkey Poults No, Your Prescribed Burn Isn’t Killing Loads of Fawns and Turkey Poults

By Natalie Krebs

Caribou in Alaska

Conservation

The Federal Government Is Increasing Hunting Restrictions and Limiting Access on Millions of Acres of Public Land in Alaska with These 4 Measures The Federal Government Is Increasing Hunting Restrictions and Limiting Access on Millions of Acres of Public Land in Alaska with These 4 Measures

An American flag flying above the front range ofColorado

Conservation

This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land

By Andrew McKean

A pair of caribou with antlers face off on a tundra hillock.

Conservation

BLM Officially Blocks the Ambler Road, a 211-Mile Industrial Corridor Through Alaska’s Iconic Brooks Range BLM Officially Blocks the Ambler Road, a 211-Mile Industrial Corridor Through Alaska’s Iconic Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

Georgia landowner confronts kayak fisherman.

Conservation

Watch: Landowner Tells Kayaker There’s No Fishing Allowed on ‘His’ Side of the River Watch: Landowner Tells Kayaker There’s No Fishing Allowed on ‘His’ Side of the River

Dan Infalt buck

Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

Pronghorn antelope in Wyoming.

Conservation

Why Is the New BLM Rule So Controversial? Why Is the New BLM Rule So Controversial?

By Andrew McKean

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.

Big Game Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’ Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

A caribou stands in the Brooks Range, the proposed site of the Ambler Road.

Conservation

BLM Moves to Block the Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range BLM Moves to Block the Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

Shed elk antlers on the National Elk Refuge.

Conservation

Shed Antler Poacher Busted with More Than 1,000 Pounds of Rack. He’s Now Banned from Wyoming Federal Lands Shed Antler Poacher Busted with More Than 1,000 Pounds of Rack. He’s Now Banned from Wyoming Federal Lands

A nice buck in a field.

Conservation

Congress Killed Our Last Big Conservation Package Because It Was Too Expensive. This Politician Says His Bill Is Cheaper and Better Congress Killed Our Last Big Conservation Package Because It Was Too Expensive. This Politician Says His Bill Is Cheaper and Better

By Andrew McKean

Pierce Brosnan poses for a photograph in Yellowstone National Park.

Conservation

The Trail Is Not Enough for Pierce Brosnan, Who Owes $1,500 for Breaking Tourist Rules at Yellowstone The Trail Is Not Enough for Pierce Brosnan, Who Owes $1,500 for Breaking Tourist Rules at Yellowstone

A flock of Canada geese takes off from a snowy river bank.

Conservation

A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled

Two men paddle a canoe across Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Conservation

Feds Say Mining Company Can’t Divert 1.4 Million Gallons Water per Day from Georgia Wildlife Refuge Feds Say Mining Company Can’t Divert 1.4 Million Gallons Water per Day from Georgia Wildlife Refuge

A sign with Smoky the Bear warns of fire risk.

Conservation

Here’s Why No One Can Agree on How to Manage America’s Old Growth Forests Here’s Why No One Can Agree on How to Manage America’s Old Growth Forests

A fly angler in a blue shirt and blue hat holds up a small redfish caught on the fly.

Conservation

BHA Became a Powerful Public Lands Org Thanks to ‘Grassroots Badassery.’ Now It’s at a Tipping Point, and the New CEO Wants to Get Its Mojo Back BHA Became a Powerful Public Lands Org Thanks to ‘Grassroots Badassery.’ Now It’s at a Tipping Point, and the New CEO Wants to Get Its Mojo Back

By Andrew McKean