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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

Caribou on tundra with a map of the ambler road behind them.

Wildlife Management

The Ambler Road Project Would Jeopardize One of the Last Great Wilderness Hunts in America

By Natalie Krebs

A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Can You Make a Living Hunting Pythons? We Asked Florida’s Invasive Snake Contractors

By Christine Peterson

A black bear running across a road.

Wildlife Management

Former Grizzly Manager Says This Tech Is the Answer for Hazing Bears, Even on College Campuses

Bear 747 in Brooks falls.

Wildlife Management

9 Photos of Alaska’s Enormous ‘Fat Bear Week’ Champs

By Natalie Krebs

Two bucks eat in a suburban yard.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Are Feeding Treats to Suburban Whitetails. Here’s Why

hunting southeast alaska

Wildlife Management

Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

Three mule deer dangle from a helicopter in orange bags.

Wildlife Management

13 Weird and Wonderful Wildlife Photos from a Day in the Life of a Conservation Biologist

By Natalie Krebs

West Virginia poaching bust.

Wildlife Management

Wildlife Poaching Is Costing Americans an Outrageous Amount of Money

By Andrew McKean

Two hunting influencers on screen during a filmed hunt in Canada.

Wildlife Management

After Influencer Ryan Lampers Was Charged with a Slew of Wildlife Violations, Gritty Bowman Speaks Out

A photo collage of a drone operating deer tracker amid an EHD outbreak.

Wildlife Management

‘Death Is in the Air.’ This Drone Pilot and Deer Tracker Is Uncovering Mass Whitetail Die Offs

By Alex Robinson

A drake greenhead flying against a blue sky

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin DNR Warns Hunters Not to Eat Mallards Shot in Green Bay. But What Happens When Contaminated Ducks Migrate?

By Alex Robinson

Pintails flying in a courtship dance.

Wildlife Management

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

Two hunters with a bull moose taken in Alaska.

Wildlife Management

Alaskan Guide Sued for Ripping Off 32 Moose Hunters Has Already Booked Trips for 2025

A big buck stands on the edge of the woods in Michigan.

Wildlife Management

Northern Michigan Lawmakers Want to Secede from the State Game Commission and Form Their Own

The Bloodvein First Nation stands next to a no-trespassing sign aimed at non-Indigenous hunters.

Wildlife Management

This First Nation Just Barred Non-Native Hunters from Its Territory for ‘Overhunting’

A problem bear with an ear tag peeks over a fence.

Wildlife Management

Officials Tried to Haze a Bear That Nearly Burned a House Down. Instead, They Got Mobbed by Activists

Rhino farmer John Hume sits in front of a painting in his office.

Wildlife Management

The World’s Biggest (and Richest) Rhino Savior Was Just Arrested for Trafficking Their Horns

A land for sale sign in the Western U.S.

Wildlife Management

A Sneaky Way Lawmakers Can Sell Your Public Land, and 3 Other Things Insiders Won’t Say on the Record

By Christine Peterson

An antique telephone that was being used as an illegal fishing device.

Wildlife Management

Two Poachers Were Busted Using This Old-School Outlaw Technique to Shock Catfish

A doe stands next to its fawn in the forest.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Just Revealed a Disturbing Way Deer Are Getting Chronic Wasting Disease

Three hunters on horseback in Argentina.

Wildlife Management

Argentina’s Biggest Poaching Bust Involved ‘Weapons of War,’ a Live Puma Cub, and an Outfitter Who Tried Fleeing to Brazil

A screenshot of a strategic marketing plan about Mexican wolves.

Wildlife Management

New Mexico Governor Fires Wildlife Commissioner After Leaked Emails Between Her and Anti-Wolfers

A professional python removal contractor holds up a bunch of snakes.

Wildlife Management

This Wildlife YouTuber Just Became the First Female to Win Florida’s Python Challenge

By Alex Robinson

duck poaching bust

Wildlife Management

The Ducklegger War: How an Undercover Agent Busted a Massive Ring of Market Hunters and Waterfowl Bootleggers

A wake boat in surf mode kicks up a big wave.

Wildlife Management

Wake Boats Aren’t Just Eroding Shorelines. They’re Harming Lake Bottoms, Too

Scarlett Johansson poses for a photo at Cannes Film Festival.

Wildlife Management

The Newest Tool for Hazing Wolves? Scarlett Johansson’s Voice

By Kris Millgate

A government contractor in Arizona whose been threatened and targeted by wild horse advocates.

Wildlife Management

This Cowgirl Is Tackling Our Wild Horse Problem. Activists Want Her Dead

A wild hog walks across a field.

Wildlife Management

Everything You Didn’t Need to Know About the DNR Pig Sting at Ted Nugent’s High-Fence Ranch

A photo of seized deer mounts

Wildlife Management

5 Men Were Busted for a Trophy-Buck Poaching Ring. They Killed 60-Plus Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A gray wolf trots across a sage flat

Wildlife Management

Colorado Suspends Trapping After a Wolf Tripped a Coyote Trap at a Livestock Operation and Died

By Kris Millgate

A free-ranging horse walks across a forest road in Arizona.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Sued, Sabotaged, and Threatened. Meet the Cowboys Caught in the Middle of the West’s Wild Horse Problem

A marsh rabbit sits in the grass in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Florida Just Deployed 40 Robot Bunnies to Trick the Worst Predator in the Everglades

A male sage grouse stands on a lek in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Have North Dakota’s Sage Grouse Winked Out Completely?

By Kris Millgate

A collage of screenshots from a viral video of ticks swarming a deer.

Wildlife Management

Viral Video of Deer Crawling with Ticks Is Nightmare Fuel. It’s Also a Warning

By Alice Jones Webb

A waterfowl production area sign.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Are Conservation Groups Spending Our Money Wisely?

By Natalie Krebs

Jay Cutler poses with a common sable antelope he hunted in South Africa.

Wildlife Management

Former NFL Star Bashed by Anti-Hunters and News Outlets Who Can’t Keep Their Antelopes Straight

By Alice Jones Webb

A trail runner heads uphill in the mountains.

Wildlife Management

‘Guess I Gotta Buy a Fishing Permit.’ Trail Runner Stopped in Utah for Not Having a Hunting or Fishing License

By Kris Millgate

A black carp being harvested in a boat.

Wildlife Management

Want to Make Thousands by Fishing? Arkansas Just Put a Bounty on Black Carp

A bear swims in open water with two cubs perched on its back.

Wildlife Management

Watch This Black Bear Ferry Her Tiny Cubs Across a Huge Reservoir

By Alice Jones Webb

Donna Kalil, a contracted snake hunter, with a giant python in the Everglades.

Wildlife Management

19 Weird and Wild Snake Photos from the Florida Python Challenge

By Natalie Krebs

Side-by-side images of poacher Karl Studer posing with mule deer.

Wildlife Management

Helicopter Poacher Involved in Black-Market Tag Scheme Gets $180K in Fines, Lifetime Hunting Ban

By Alice Jones Webb

A side-by-side of two trophy photos of poachers with an illegally-killed Missouri mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Missouri Deer Hunter Illegally Shoots Tagged Mountain Lion That Traveled 800 Miles From Nebraska

By Alice Jones Webb

Wildlife Management

A Photographer Captured These 7 Incredible Images After Placing Cameras Around a Wolf Kill

By Kris Millgate

Three panels showing a red fox and a bald eagle facing off over fish scraps.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Fox and Bald Eagle Battle Over Striper Carcass in Maryland Backyard

By Alice Jones Webb

Washington Wildlife commissioners colluded with anti-hunting organizations.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Sportsmen’s Alliance Uncovers “Bad Government on Steroids” Within Washington Wildlife Commission

By Alex Robinson

A tent set up in a Colorado campground.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Campground Bans Tents After Black Bear Swats One with Kids Inside

The Louisiana flag next to dollar bills.

Wildlife Management

Former Director of Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Agency Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

Coho salmon swimming upriver to spawn.

Wildlife Management

We Had a Workable Plan to Recover the Northwest’s Salmon Runs. The Trump Administration Just Shut It Down