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Open Country
Update: President-Elect Biden Picks Deb Haaland for Department of Interior Secretary
By
Andrew McKean
What’s Gained and Lost by Privatizing River Access?
By
Christine Peterson
USDA Strips Tongass Roadless-Rule Protections, Favoring Subsidized Logging Interests Over Hunters, Anglers, and Wildlife
By
Bjorn Dihle
Video: Meet the Duck Hunting Queen of Plaquemines Parish
By
Alex Robinson
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