Public Lands & Waters

Public lands & waters are key to hunting and fishing in America. This is the latest news that you need to know.

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Public Hunting Access Secured on 20,000 Acres of Private Timber Land in $29 Million Deal

By Natalie Krebs

Public Lands & Waters

EPA to Reopen Comment on Clean Water Act Rewrite That Could Leave 80 Percent of U.S. Wetlands Unprotected

By Natalie Krebs

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First AI Data Center Approved on Federal Public Land Hits a Major Roadblock

By Kris Millgate

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The Real Reason the Forest Service Is Killing the Roadless Rule

By Natalie Krebs

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I Was Convicted of Trespassing After Covering Public Land Access Issues on Our Controversial Wyoming Elk Hunt

By Andrew McKean

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration Plans to Relax Travel Rules on National Forests. Increased Access for Motorized Vehicles and E-Bikes Is Likely to Follow

By Andrew McKean

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Public Comment Periods Don’t Usually Matter Much to the Feds. Duck Hunters Made a Difference Anyway — for Now

By Natalie Krebs

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Citing Wildfire Risk, Trump Administration Proposes to Scrap Entire Roadless Rule. Critics Argue That More Roads Will Lead to More Fires

By Andrew McKean

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Minnesota Governor Issues Executive Order Blocking Controversial Mine Near the Boundary Waters 

By Alex Robinson

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Trump Administration Finalizes Biggest Expansion of Hunting and Fishing on Wildlife Refuges in History

By Natalie Krebs

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The Forest Service Is Moving Toward Unrestricted Motorized Access to an Iconic Western Elk Herd. Hunters ‘Have No Idea What’s Coming’

By Natalie Krebs

Public Lands & Waters

First Came the DOGE Cuts, Then Came the Wildfires

By Alex Robinson

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I Tried to Drive a Public Road, and Was Turned Back at Gunpoint by a Ranch Hand

By William A. Fairhurst Ben East

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Rangers, Outfitters, Resort Owners Evacuate Paddlers from Boundary Waters Wilderness as Wildfires Rage On

By Kris Millgate

Public Lands & Waters

Trump ‘Decimated’ Two National Monuments in Utah. Meet the Man Who Will Challenge the Administration with a Lawsuit

By Natalie Krebs

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Trump Cuts 2 Popular Utah National Monuments by 90 Percent — About 3 Million Acres

By Christine Peterson

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The Forest Service Has Closed the Most Popular Wilderness Area in America Due to Wildfire Danger

By Alex Robinson

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America’s Public Lands Represent the Greatest Accumulation of Shared Wealth on the Planet — and It’s Up to Us to Save Them

By Randy Newberg

Public Lands & Waters

After Years of Fighting the Law, Colorado’s Stream-Access Renegade Says It’s Time for the Public to ‘Just Go Fishing’

By Dac Collins

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Ohio to Invest $50 Million in Public Hunting Land Acquisitions

By Dac Collins