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A herd of Roosevelt elk in Washington.

Wildlife Management

With Increasing Influence from Anti-Hunters, Washington’s Wildlife Commission Is Now ‘Dysfunctional,’ According to a University Report

By Andrew McKean

A field ranger in South Africa holds a radio.

Wildlife Management

Hunting for Poachers Amid South Africa’s Bloody Wildlife War

Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing

Wildlife Management

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

A treed mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

A steelhead in California.

Wildlife Management

L.A. Wildfires Torched One of SoCal’s Last Remaining Steelhead Streams

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

Dead deer hit by a car lying by the road with motion blurred vehicle, U.S. Highway 14, Wyoming, USA.

Wildlife Management

The Ultimate Guide to Eating and Donating Roadkill

By Christine Peterson

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.

Wildlife Management

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Wildlife Management

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

A grizzly bear walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bears Will Remain on Endangered Species List, Feds Say

Three wolves stand together on the top of a snowy hill.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

A rancher walks across a snowy prairie past a carcass of a dead cow killed by a wolf.

Wildlife Management

Ranchers Submit $582K Bill for Colorado Wolf Damages, Which Could Drain the State’s Depredation Fund Entirely

Eighteen large black bass are lined up on the tailgate of a pickup truck along with spearfishing gear.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake

By Alice Jones Webb

Bison feed along a spring in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd

By Natalie Krebs

rooster pheasants

Wildlife Management

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

whitetail does in snow

Wildlife Management

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A blacktail buck in velvet.

Wildlife Management

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

CJ Alexander buck, poached in ohio

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

A monarch butterfly on thistle.

Wildlife Management

Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act

By Andrew McKean

A gray wolf stalks its prey in Europe.

Wildlife Management

European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action

By Andrew McKean

A coho salmon swims upriver in a California stream.

Wildlife Management

Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected

A wolf trotting on trail camera.

Wildlife Management

California’s Third New Wolf Pack This Year Discovered in the Sierra Valley

A furry, brown bear suit with metal claws laid out on a wood floor.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit

By Alice Jones Webb

taxidermied green-winged teal in flight

Wildlife Management

Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds

By Alice Jones Webb

A herd of mule deer in a residential yard.

Wildlife Management

Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow?

A cow moose stands in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Montana Hunters Were a ‘Tremendous Workforce’ in 10-Year Moose Study that Showed Stable Populations Statewide

mountain lion on a rock

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Vote Down a Big Cat Hunting Ban in a Massive Win for Hunters and Conservationists

Two anglers hold up red snappers.

Wildlife Management

Florida Voters Pass ‘Right to Fish and Hunt’ Amendment

By Natalie Krebs

wolf released in colorado

Wildlife Management

Colorado’s Wolf Reintroduction Has Cost Taxpayers Double What They Expected When They Voted to Approve it

Wildlife Management

Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists

By Andrew McKean

Grizzly 399 with cubs in Grand Teton National Park.

Wildlife Management

Grand Teton’s Famous Mother Grizzly 399 Was Killed by a Vehicle

By Alice Jones Webb

A Burmese python swallows a full-sized whitetail deer whole.

Wildlife Management

Scientists Photograph Giant Python Swallowing a Full-Sized Whitetail Whole in First-of-Its-Kind Discovery

Wildlife Management

Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners

By Andrew McKean

A hunter and his dog kneel behind a crowd.

Wildlife Management

Colorado’s Prop 127 Is an Attack on Modern Wildlife Management and the Science that Guides It

A grizzly sow and cub in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana’s New Grizzly Bear Plan Says It’s Ready to Take Back Management from the Feds

tim walz hunting

Wildlife Management

How (and Why) We Cover Politics at Outdoor Life

By Alex Robinson

Three deer stand in the middle of a gravel road in Wisconsin.

Wildlife Management

‘Senseless’ Poaching Ring Allegedly Killed ‘Well Over 100 Deer’ in Wisconsin and Harassed, Abused Other Wildlife

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander Pleads Guilty to 14 Charges Related to Poaching Giant Ohio Buck

A pronghorn antelope, crawls under a barbed wire fence.

Wildlife Management

‘I Turned My Antelope Hunters Away.’ Wyoming Wildfires Have Been Devastating. They’re Also an Opportunity to Fix Fencing for Wildlife

Troy Landry of Swamp People failed to properly tag an American alligator.

Wildlife Management

‘Swamp People’ Star Troy Landry Charged in Gator Sting Operation

A screenshot of body-cam footage from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Wildlife Management

‘I Slashed His Tires.’ Body Cam Footage Shows Game Warden Running Down Salmon Thieves Who Broke into a Hatchery

Cow elk jump over a barbed wire ranch fence.

Wildlife Management

Film: Public-Land Elk Hunters and Ranchers Can Be Good Neighbors. Here’s How

By Andrew McKean

A giant hybrid sheep that was bred illegally in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana Man Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Smuggling, Cloning, and Breeding Giant Hybrid Sheep

A bull elk raises his head near a feeding cow.

Wildlife Management

Should Idaho Restrict Hi-Tech Hunting Gear? State Officials Want to Know

By Andrew McKean

A close-up of a gray wolf in the woods.

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Duck Hunter Shoots, Kills One of Five Gray Wolves That Surrounded His Blind

A backyard view of a lake in Pennsylvania.

Wildlife Management

Lawsuit Accuses Pennsylvania Officer of Snooping on Private Property, Seeks to Limit Powers of the Fish and Boat Commission

A mule deer in the trees.

Wildlife Management

A Blind Mule Deer Tested Positive for the Plague in Idaho

A pile of illegally harvested catfish.

Wildlife Management

Catfish Trafficking Ring Busted in the South Allegedly Smuggled Trophy Cats into Pay Lakes and Across State Lines

A bunch of lionfish on a table.

Wildlife Management

‘I Didn’t Even Try,’ Says Florida Diver Who Speared 915 Lionfish to Win Annual Tourney

A smallmouth bass on the rocks.

Wildlife Management

$100,000 Fine for Releasing a Smallmouth Bass in Canadian River: Do Mandatory Catch-and-Kill Orders Actually Help Population Control?

A herd of elk in the sagebrush.

Wildlife Management

Utah Officials Secretly Culled 170 Elk on Church-Owned Deseret Land

mallards flying in the blue sky

Wildlife Management

Where Are All the Ducks?

By Natalie Krebs

Biologists fit a GPS collar on a wolf on a tailgate.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Wolf Pack Captured and Relocated to “Secure Enclosure” Following Conflicts with Ranchers

A big velvet iowa deer lying in the grass and with its cape at a taxidermist.

Wildlife Management

Iowa Officials Are Asking for Help After a 214-Inch Buck Got Poached and a New Deputy Botched the Investigation

A bull moose walks through the brush.

Wildlife Management

Moose Dies of Anthrax Outbreak in Wyoming

A flock of pintails on a California wetland.

Wildlife Management

Federal Officials Confirm Botulism Outbreak at Klamath Refuges, with 20,000 Birds Dead So Far

A wolf strolls along a hillside.

Wildlife Management

The Wolf Pack Responsible for the Majority of Livestock Depredations in Colorado Will Be Relocated, Not Killed

A shark hunting

Wildlife Management

Watch: Hammerhead Hunts and Kills Reef Shark in Rare Drone Footage

By Natalie Krebs

Game wardens wearing body cameras.

Wildlife Management

Should All Game Wardens Wear Body Cams? Washington State Thinks So

A CWD-detection dog identifies a CWD-positive sample.

Wildlife Management

Dogs Are Really Good at Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Colorado High Schoolers Invent a Thermal AI Dashcam to Reduce Collisions with Deer

Wildlife Management

Colorado High Schoolers Invent a Thermal AI Dashcam to Reduce Collisions with Deer

Mallards and pintails

Wildlife Management

Mallard Numbers Are Up This Year, Plus Duck Hunters Might See a 3-Pintail Limit Next Season

By Natalie Krebs

A grizzly sow walks on dirt with her cubs.

Wildlife Management

Watch: This Is the First-Ever Verified Sighting of a Grizzly Sow and Cubs on Vancouver Island

By Alice Jones Webb