THE PUBLIC TRUST

The $200 Suppressor Tax is Gone

Jan 1 Regulatory Second Call Defense

SpaceX is Reportedly Considering a Land Swap with the Government

Dec 23 Public Lands Spectrum News TX

Idaho Politician Looks to Transfer Public Lands to States

Dec 22 Major Policy Change Field & Stream ID

Boebert Bill to Remove Gray Wolf from Endangered Species List Passes the House

Dec 18 Major Policy Change Colorado Public Radio CO

BLM Seeks Initial Input for June 2026 Sale of Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado

Dec 9 Oil & Gas Leasing Bureau of Land Management CO

Committee Opens Investigation into Radical Groups Obstructing Minnesota Mining Project

Dec 2 Government Oversight House Committee on Natural Resources MN

Historic Roadways Protection Act Moving Forward: Congressional Committees Consider Several Public Lands Bills

Dec 2 Proposed Legislation BlueRibbon Coalition

Availability of Three Draft Recovery Plans for Guadalupe River Basin Mussels

Sep 30 Recovery Plan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service TX

5,000 Oil and Gas Leases Potentially Invalid: Conservation Organizations Alert BLM

Nov 19 Major Policy Change The Wilderness Society

Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus Endorses Public Lands Public Hands Act

Nov 19 Proposed Legislation Rep. Gabe Vasquez

Wyoming Senators, Energy Insiders Say Biden-Era Public Lands Rule Must Go

Nov 12 Major Policy Change Cowboy State Daily Mark Heinz WY

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

USDA Accepts Nearly 1.8 Million Acres into 2025 Conservation Reserve Program

Sep 17 Habitat Conservation USDA Federal Funding

Public Comment Requested Regarding Establishment of New Kenai Peninsula State Forest

Dec 29 State Forest Must Read Alaska AK

Ag Interests, Activists Miles Apart on Colorado Coyote Management

Dec 27 Wildlife Management Complete Colorado Savana Kascak CO

Fish and Wildlife Commission Votes to Reduce Nonresident Deer Licenses

Dec 9 Hunting Regulations Flathead Beacon Amanda Eggert MT

Late-Season Deer Hunt to Manage CWD Dec. 19-21 in Select Areas

Dec 8 Hunting Regulations Minnesota Department of Natural Resources MN

Indiana Bobcat Season

Hunting Regulations Indiana Department of Natural Resources IN

Idaho Fish and Game Seeking Comments on Its Draft Strategic Plan

Dec 19 Strategic Plan Idaho Fish and Game ID

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Approves Dual Classification for Bison, Adds New Protections

Nov 13 Wildlife Management KOAA CO

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

Nov 3 Hunting Regulations NBC Montana MT

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

Iconic Apalachicola Oysters Return: Historic Fishery Reopens New Year's Day After 5-Year Ban

Dec 31 Fishery Management Tampa Free Press FL

Grizzly Deaths in Greater Yellowstone Reaches Record Level in 2025

Dec 30 Wildlife Conservation Daily Montanan WY/MT

First Official 400-Class Elk Sets New State Record

Wildlife Conservation Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation OK

Chronic Wasting Disease Detected for First Time in Unit 15 South of Grangeville

Wildlife Conservation Idaho Fish and Game ID

BLM finalizes updated Sage-Grouse plans that expand energy access

Dec 22 Major Policy Change Bureau of Land Management

BLM Reopens Vast Areas of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for Energy Development

Dec 22 Major Policy Change Bureau of Land Management AK

WDFW Seeks Public Input on Draft Status Review for Canada Lynx

Dec 22 Wildlife Status Review Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WA Comment By: Mar 18, 2026

Federal Policy Roundup: December 2025

Dec Policy Analysis Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Endangered Species Rules Rollback to 2019

Dec Major Policy Change The Wildlife Society

WDFW Survey: Crabbers Select Puget Sound Marine Areas in December

Dec Wildlife Management Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WA

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department News Release

Dec 9 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department TX

Southern Iowa Wildlife Gain Nearly 350 Acres of Upland Habitat

Habitat Conservation Pheasants Forever IA

Blue Mountains Elk Captures to Take Place This December

Dec 9 Wildlife Management Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WA

Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction

Nov 19 Wildlife Conservation National Parks Conservation Association

Collaborative Juniper Removal Efforts in Magic Valley Region Improve Wildlife Habitat

Nov 19 Habitat Conservation Idaho Fish and Game ID

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

Public Lands Rule Proposed Rescission Draws Comment

Nov 11 Major Policy Change Capital Press Brad Carlson

Coastal Georgia DNR News

Nov 13 Coastal Georgia DNR GA

Trump Moves to Block Nantucket Wind Farm Project

Nov 4 Offshore Wind The New York Times

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

EPA Rule Change Disastrous for Fish and Wildlife

Dec 22 Outdoor Life Opinion

Five Tips to Pick Your First Suppressor

Dec 22 Outdoor Life

The Roadless Rule and America's Wildest Lands

Dec 15 Colorado Newsline Policy Analysis CO

When Advocacy Became a Crime

Dec 5 RE:PUBLIC Christopher Keyes Policy Analysis

Do Hunters Really Pay for Wildlife?

Nov 18 Howl For Wildlife Policy Analysis

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