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A bighorn sheep on a grassy knoll.

Wildlife Management

Oregon Has Found a New (and Clever) Way to Fund Wildlife Conservation

Whitetail deer stand in the railway.

Wildlife Management

‘Dead Deer All Over the Place.’ Corn Spill on Minnesota Railroad Lures 100-Plus Whitetails to Their Deaths

A diver spears an invasive lionfish beside an artificial reef in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Photos: These Lionfish Divers Are Defending Florida Reefs — by Spearing One Venomous Fish at a Time

Photographs by Rayna O'Nan, Story by Natalie Krebs

Many asian swamp eels crawl over each other

Wildlife Management

This Air-Breathing Swamp Eel Is Quietly Taking Over the Florida Everglades

donated venison in a metal bin

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Deer Processor Caught Selling Donated Venison Meant for Local Food Pantries

The bones of a Canada lynx on a stand in a workshop.

Wildlife Management

Photos: Inside the Oklahoma Taxidermy Shop That’s Supplying Skulls to Museums, Hunters, and Harvard

Story by Steve Wagner, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

A snake hunter with a massive Burmese python.

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What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

man standing on prairie

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The Buffalo Revivers of the Wind River Reservation

By Christine Peterson

Close up of coyote fur.

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Colorado Advances Fur Ban, Contradicting Public Opinion and Biologist Recommendations

a photo collage of high fence animals idaho

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High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in

By Christine Peterson

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river

Wildlife Management

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

A sign that says entering public lands.

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Podcast: Randy Newberg’s Forecast for Our Public Lands Has Some Surprising Good News

By Natalie Krebs

A deer blind set up along a field edge.

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Man Who Parked Directly in Front of Hunter’s Deer Blind Told Game Wardens He ‘Was Out There to Be a Pain’

Wildlife Management

The Interior Just Gutted a Bedrock Conservation Law That Will Affect Public Lands Everywhere

By Christine Peterson

A trail cam photo of a deer running from coyotes.

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Vote Now: These 13 Wild Trail-Cam Photos Range from Stunning to Seriously Funny

By Natalie Krebs

Pink eye in aoudad

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Aoudad in Texas Are Getting Pink Eye. The State’s Desert Bighorns Are Safe — For Now

By Kris Millgate

A nile monitor, in its native range. Monitors are one of Florida's problematic invasive species.

Wildlife Management

South Florida’s Newest Invasive Threat Is a 6-Foot-Long Lizard from Africa

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of an eastern mountain lion.

Wildlife Management

An International Group Wants to Reintroduce Mountain Lions in Vermont. State Officials Say Not So Fast

A photo of a wild roosted turkey on a yellow background.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: NWTF’s Top Researcher Explains the Turkey Decline

By Andrew McKean

A male white-tailed deer with antlers, Odocoileus virginianus, walks across a field in Indiana. High quality photo

Wildlife Management

Indiana Lawmakers Move to Abolish Natural Resources Commission, Allowing Regulations to Be Made Without Oversight

By Andrew McKean

A huge florida black bear

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Anti-Hunters Tried to Hijack Florida’s Black Bear Season, But Officials Say the Hunt Was a ‘Success’ Anyway. Here’s the Harvest Data

By Kris Millgate

trapping wisconsin

Wildlife Management

Meet the Wisconsin Kids Who Are Keeping the Trapping Tradition Alive

Two California hunters with a mule deer buck.

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Hunters and Non-Hunters Decry New Plan to Eradicate Mule Deer from Catalina Island

By Kris Millgate

A lone bison grazing in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Here’s Why the Plan to Recover Wild Bison Has Become So Controversial

Animal rights activists hold a sign that reads "go vegan." Activists in Oregon are pushing for a ballot initiative to ban all hunting, fishing, livestock production.

Wildlife Management

Animal-Rights Activists Are Attempting a Ban So Absurd That It Would Affect ‘Every Oregonian’

By Natalie Krebs

public land duck hunting

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Duck Hunting’s New Reality: It Will Keep Getting Tougher for the Workaday Waterfowler

By Alex Robinson

Composite photos of body cam footage and a group of duck hunters.

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‘Textbook Rally, Shoot, Kill.’ Game Wardens Catch Waterfowl Guide Rallying Sea Ducks on Video

Wildlife Management

Video: Wildlife Agents Rescue Bighorn Sheep That’s Stuck in Frozen River

By Kris Millgate

Wisconsin trapper with furs, which will last longer than meat from game.

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Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

Two gray wolves

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Utah Confirms It Killed 3 Gray Wolves for the First Time in 16 Years

By Christine Peterson

6.8 western cartridge

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Wisconsin Sharpshooter Is Fined $10,000 After Deer Culling Violations

An illustrated collage of scenes from deer hunting.

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I Watched the Glory Days of Mule Deer Hunting Rise, Then Slip Away. I’m Still Hopeful for What Comes Next

A screenshot from body cam footage of a hunter being arrested in South Carolina.

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Video: A Hunter Was Arrested for Glassing a Dummy Buck During a Poaching Sting. Now He’s Suing the DNR for Abuse of Power

Colorado officials look over a wolf in a helicopter.

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Colorado to Pause Wolf Reintroductions as Feds Apply Pressure and States Balk at Providing Them

By Kris Millgate

A fish cleaning table with halibut and pacific cod hanging.

Wildlife Management

Former Alaskan Guide and Convicted Poacher Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Fraud

Mallards in flooded corn.

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Has Hot Cropping Ruined Duck Hunting? Here’s What the Data and Biologists Say About How Flooded Corn Affects Waterfowl Migration

By Natalie Krebs

A photo of three wolves in Wyoming

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Podcast: USFWS Director Brian Nesvik on the Future of Refuges and Wildlife Conservation

By Andrew McKean

A mountain lion on red sandstone in the Southwest.

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Utah Is Culling Cougars to See If It Helps Deer. Houndsmen Aren’t Happy About It

By Kris Millgate

A view of the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in central Oregon.

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Interior Department Plans to Open All Its Public Land to Hunting and Fishing — Unless Specifically Closed by Site Managers

By Andrew McKean

A trapper with a beaver.

Wildlife Management

Why America Needs Trapping More Than Ever

A bull moose wades in an Idaho stream.

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Idaho Man Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban for Roping a Bull Moose

A herd of bison graze on Antelope Island, Utah.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Just Opened the Door to Its First Wild Bison Hunt in More Than a Century

A National Guard helicopter lands in Montana.

Wildlife Management

National Guardsman Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Using a Military Chopper to Grab Elk Sheds from Montana Ranch

Casual hunters don't have to spend every waking moment hunting to be valued by the community.

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Quit Expecting Every Hunter to Be So Hardcore. We Need Casual Hunters, Too

By Christine Peterson

Biologist fit a collar on a gray wolf

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USFWS Will Terminate Colorado’s Wolf Program Unless the State Complies with This Ultimatum

By Natalie Krebs

Gray wolves in the midwest would be delisted by this new bill.

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The House Just Voted to Delist Gray Wolves. Now the Bill Heads to the Senate

By Kris Millgate

The Greenland wildlife crossing in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

The Largest Wildlife Crossing in North America Just Opened to Critters in Colorado

Two mallard drakes in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Game-Farm Mallard Genetics Are a Bigger Problem Than Waterfowlers Think — Only 2% of Greenheads in the Atlantic Flyway are Fully Wild

A whitetail buck stands on a hillside in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana to Slash Nonresident Deer Tags Amid EHD Declines and Mounting Pressure from Out-of-Staters

By Dac Collins, Andrew McKean

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.

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

By Kris Millgate

A bear on a road.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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