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A protester speaks out against bear hunting during a rally.

Wildlife Management

This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

A bull elk in the brush.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Is Eliminating OTC Deer and Elk Tags for Nonresidents and Moving to a Draw System

By Kris Millgate

A bear on a road.

Wildlife Management

After a Single Bear Attacked a Group of Schoolchildren on a Hike, B.C. Urged to Reopen Grizzly Hunts

By Kris Millgate

A bald eagle on a post.

Wildlife Management

Feds Announce Plan to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act. It Throws Out Science and Adds (More) Red Tape

By Christine Peterson

A Utah biologist ropes a bighorn.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Utah Biologist Ropes 3 Bighorns Trapped in a Red Rock Formation

By Kris Millgate

A public health sign advising fishermen not to consume the fish in a contaminated pond.

Wildlife Management

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.

Wildlife Management

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

A No Trespassing sign posted in Utah.

Wildlife Management

A Mayor in Utah Who Pled Guilty to Hunting Violations Says He ‘Did the Right Thing’ After Screwing Up

Ryan Callaghan behind a spotting scope

Wildlife Management

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

By Natalie Krebs

A Tennessee game warden with trophy bucks confiscated from a poacher.

Wildlife Management

‘Penitentiary Poacher’ Busted for Killing Trophy Bucks at a Tennessee Prison

A gray wolf stands in a river in Minnesota.

Wildlife Management

Feds Say They Won’t Craft a Nationwide Wolf Recovery Plan, Opening the Door to Delisting

By Christine Peterson

bighorn sheep on highway

Wildlife Management

The Unexpected Bright Side of Roadkill (and What It Means for Big Game)

By Andrew McKean

Ryan Callaghan has been named the new president and CEO of BHA.

Wildlife Management

Ryan ‘Cal’ Callaghan Named the New CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

By Natalie Krebs, Alex Robinson

A photo of a big brown trout being released.

Wildlife Management

It’s Time to Rethink Catch-and-Release Trout Fishing — or Get Much Better at It

By Christine Peterson

A black and white photo of a crossbow set as a trip wire.

Wildlife Management

Game Warden Tales: I Hunted Down a Trip-Wire Crossbow Poacher

Colorado officials stand over a wolf crate in the dark.

Wildlife Management

US Fish and Wildlife Director Calls Out Colorado Wolf Program. Could the Next Release Be Stopped?

ANWR coastal plain

Wildlife Management

Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

By Natalie Krebs

Federal hatchery workers load fish into a truck.

Wildlife Management

2,000 Federal Public-Land Employees Could Lose Jobs Amid Shutdown

By Christine Peterson

barren ground caribou

Wildlife Management

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

Wildlife Management

Congress Throws 166 Million Acres of BLM into Limbo by Upending Decades of Local Compromise

By Christine Peterson