THE PUBLIC TRUST

DOJ Proposes Changes to ATF Forms for Sale of Silencers and Short-Barreled Firearms

Nov 6 Regulatory 4473 Cloud

Pearce Confirmed BLM Head. Read About Him Here.

Nov 6 Major Policy Change Outdoor Life

Interior Freezes Layoff Plans During Shutdown

Nov 5 Agency Workforce E&E News Jennifer Yachnin

Chaco Canyon Oil Drilling Ban Back in the Spotlight

Nov 5 Cultural Resources AP News

Trump OKs Road for Ambler Mining District to Make Alaska 'Bigger and More Powerful'

Oct 6 Major Policy Change Alaska Public Media AK

Supreme Court Declines to Take Landowner Appeal in Corner-Crossing Case

Oct 20 Major Policy Change Montana Free Press Amanda Eggert WY/MT

Interior Dept. Advances Ambler Mining Road, King Cove Road and ANWR Drilling in Signing Ceremony

Oct 23 Major Policy Change Alaska Beacon AK

Congressional Review Act Creates Uncertain Future for Public Land Management

Oct 9 Major Policy Change TRCP Madeleine West

Early career clerks, not Supreme Court justices, will first review Wyoming corner-crossing case

Oct 7 WyoFile Angus M. Thuermer Jr. WY

Availability of Three Draft Recovery Plans for Guadalupe River Basin Mussels

Oct 6 Recovery Plan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service TX

USDA Accepts Nearly 1.8 Million Acres into 2025 Conservation Reserve Program

Sep 17 Habitat Conservation USDA Federal Funding

Dept of Interior Planned Changes for LWCF Funds

Sep 4 Major Policy Change U.S. Department of the Interior

Republicans Move to Lift Drilling and Mining Restrictions in Montana, Other Western States

Sep 4 Major Policy Change Montana Free Press Matthew Brown

Bipartisan Headwaters Protection Act Reintroduced to Safeguard America's Forests and Watersheds

Sep 4 Proposed Legislation TRCP Dan Morgan

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Public Comment Opportunity

Nov 6 Public Comment Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation OK Nov 15, 2025

FWP Seeks Public Comment on 2026-2027 Deer, Elk and Black Bear Hunting Regulations

Nov 3 Hunting Regulations NBC Montana MT

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department News Release

Nov 12 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department TX

Conservation Group Seeks Injunction, Files a Lawsuit to Stop Florida's Bear Hunt

Nov 10 Wildlife Conservation News 13 FL

WDFW Seeks Public Input on Proposed Land Acquisitions

Oct 30 Land Acquisition Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WA

FWP Seeks Public Comment on Projects Proposed for Land and Water Conservation Fund Program Grants

Oct 31 Outdoor Recreation Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks MT

Hunting Regulations Proposals Available for Public Comment

Oct 29 Hunting Regulations Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks MT

Commission Adopts 2026-27 Sport Fishing and 2026 Big Game Hunting Regulations

Sep 19 Hunting & Fishing Regulations Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife OR

Whitehouse, Scott Introduce Bipartisan QUAHOGS Act to Investigate Declining Shellfish Populations

Sep 21 Proposed Legislation Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI/SC

As Sunday hunting kicks off in Pennsylvania, here's what to know about the new law

Sep 15 Hunting Regulations CBS Pittsburgh PA

New Mexico Tribal Leaders Push to Protect Chaco

Sep 15 Cultural Conservation Source New Mexico NM

BLM Reopens Certain Public Lands Near Black Rock Fire

Sep 12 Public Lands Bureau of Land Management OR

Dredge Spoil: Demand an End to Federal Mud Dumping in Mobile Bay

Jul 31 Mobile Baykeeper AL

Federal Public-Land Recreation Generates $350M Daily, Creates More Jobs Than Logging and Mining Combined

Nov 14 Public Lands & Economy Outdoor Life Christine Peterson

Feds Change Course, Won’t Issue National Wolf Recovery Plan

Nov 13 Wolf Management Daily Montanan Micah Drew

Trump Moves to Block Nantucket Wind Farm Project

Nov 4 Offshore Wind The New York Times

FWS Announces Voluntary Lead-Free Ammunition Incentive Program for 2025-2026 Hunting Season

Sep 12 Wildlife Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Hunting

Federal Official Tells Colorado Parks and Wildlife to Stop Importing Canadian Wolves: What Happens Now?

Oct 29 Wildlife Management Sky-Hi News CO

'Energy Dominance' Meets Migration: All Wyoming Corridors Overlap with Proposed Oil and Gas Leases

Oct 24 Wildlife Conservation WyoFile Mike Koshmrl WY

USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners to Protect

Sep 30 Conservation Assistance USDA NRCS MS

Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies Dying at Record Pace in 2025

Sep 30 Wildlife Conservation WyoFile WY

More Than 99 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Roadless Rule Rollbacks

Sep 22 Major Policy Change Outdoor Life Dac Collins

Feral Burros Threaten Sonoran Desert Wildlife

Sep 23 Wildlife Conservation Arizona Game and Fish Department AZ

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces National Visitor Survey Results

Sep 19 Wildlife Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Survey Results

Interior Announces More Than $54 Million for Waterfowl Habitat, Increased Public Access

Sep 18 Wildlife Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Federal Funding

Hunters and Anglers Cheer House Introduction of MAP Roads Act

Sep 18 Public Access TRCP Proposed Legislation

USDA Announces Forest Health Resilience Projects

Sep 15 Forest Management RMEF Federal Funding

Outdoor Life Podcast: Is Ryan Callaghan the Optimist Our Public Lands Need?

Nov 6 Outdoor Life Podcast

Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

Oct 24 Outdoor Life Natalie Krebs AK Policy Analysis

Proposed Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases Overlap Wildlife Corridors

Oct 29 High Country News Mike Koshmrl WY Policy Analysis

Trump's Major Coal Sales Flop in Wyoming and Montana

Oct 8 WyoFile Dustin Bleizeffer WY/MT Policy Analysis

Op-Ed: The Government Shut Down. National Parks Should Close.

Sep 30 Outside Online Opinion Opinion

2025 Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest

Sep 30 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Photo Contest

Minnesota Artist James Hautman Wins 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest

Sep 19 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife Conservation MN

New Threats to Wyoming's Red Desert as Development Pressures Mount on Fragile Habitat

Sep 18 WyoFile Dustin Bleizeffer WY

BLM seeks to deemphasize conservation on public lands

Sep 15 The Wildlife Society Kaylyn Zipp Policy Analysis

Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

Sep 15 Outdoor Life Bjorn Dihle Policy Analysis

Healing the Land: Fires Reshape Big Game Habitat Ahead of Hunting Season

Sep 14 KUNC John Camponeschi CO

Americans Already Agreed How to Balance Energy Development on Public Land in Their States. The House Just Voted to Undo It

Sep 4 Outdoor Life Andrew McKean

The Push Is On to Strip Big Trees from Our National Forests

Sep 1 Writers on the Range Mitch Friedman Forest Management

Three Ways States Are Strengthening Their Wildlife Agencies in 2025

Aug 26 NCEL News Analysis Policy

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

Aug 21 Outdoor Life Christine Peterson