Public Lands & Waters
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Big Game Hunting
7 Rules You Must Follow to Punch Your Big-Game Tag on Public Land
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Big Game Hunting
7 Myths About Hunting Western Big Game That Easterners Need to Know
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Big Game Hunting
In the Future: There Will Always Be Public Hunting Land in America
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Conservation
What’s Gained and Lost by Privatizing River Access?
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Conservation
When Wilderness is a Catch-22
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Big Game Hunting
Wyoming Has a Wilderness Problem
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Conservation
What’s Next for Citizen Conservation?
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Big Game Hunting
Elk Hunting a Secret Public-Land Spot in the Utah Backcountry
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Climate & Environment
The Tongass National Forest Is a Wilderness on the Chopping Block
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Big Game Hunting
The 6 Best Do-it-Yourself Hunts in America
Climate & Environment
The Wildest Hunt: A Film About the Tongass National Forest
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Conservation
Smokey Bear Has a Target On His Back
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Conservation
Are State Lands Really Public?
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Big Game Hunting
A Caribou Hunting Adventure in Alaska, No Guides Required
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Big Game Hunting
9 Hard Truths About Hunting on Public Land
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Climate & Environment
Florida’s Water Crisis Has Sport Fishing on the Brink of Collapse
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Big Game Hunting
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt for Bison in Utah’s Henry Mountains
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Conservation
President Signs S. 47 Public Lands Package Into Law
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Big Game Hunting
How to Bivy Hunt for Giant Public-Land Mule Deer
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Conservation
Beware Sen. Lee’s “New Homestead Act”
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Climate & Environment
What Sportsmen Need to Know About the Boundary Waters Mine
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Conservation
The Bundy Trial: When Justice Fails
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Conservation
Zinke’s World View
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