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Mike Lee Introduces Border Lands Conservation Act to Address Environmental Damage from Illegal Immigration - Current Bill Text

Oct 1 Proposed Legislation Washington Examiner UT

Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments

Sep 25 Land Use Planning Bureau of Land Management

Fickeisen Plains Cactus and Peebles Navajo Cactus Draft Recovery Plan Available

Sep 25 Recovery Plan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service AZ

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

Sep 18 Wildlife Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Hunting

USDA Accepts Nearly 1.8 Million Acres into 2025 Conservation Reserve Program

Sep 17 Habitat Conservation USDA Federal Funding

Supreme Court shouldn't take up Wyoming corner-crossing appeal, hunters say

Sep 18 Public Lands WyoFile WY

USDA and DOI Announce Bold Federal Reforms to Improve Nation's Wildfire Response System

Sep 15 Major Policy Change USDA & DOI

TWS raises concerns over USDA reorganization plan

Sep 16 Major Policy Change The Wildlife Society

BLM Rescinds Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

Sep 11 Major Policy Change Bureau of Land Management

Dept of Interior Planned Changes for LWCF Funds

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

Congress Moves to Override Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Land

Sep 2 Major Policy Change Field & Stream Travis Hall

White House Taking Steps to Rescind the Biden-era Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "Public Lands Rule"

Sep 3 Major Policy Change White House Office of Management and Budget

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

USDA Announces Forest Health Resilience Projects to Improve Timber Production

Sep 3 Forest Management USDA

Hageman to hear testimony on public land funding in Teton Park

Sep 2 Federal Funding WyoFile Angus M. Thuermer Jr. WY

USFS Chief Tom Schultz Outlines Vision for More Logging, Mining and Grazing and Less Wildfire in America's National Forests

Aug 25 WyoFile Amanda Eggert

WDFW Opens Public Feedback Survey to Begin Three-Year Hunting Season Planning

Oct 1 Hunting Season Planning Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WA

Minnesota DNR seeks input on year-round bass season proposal

Sep 29 Wildlife Management Minnesota DNR MN

Application Period for Early Season WMA Waterfowl Quota Hunt to Be Held September 24-October 14

Sep 12 Hunting Applications Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency TN

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

Missouri Dept of Conservation Opens Series of Open Houses on Deer Management

Sep 19 Wildlife Management Missouri Department of Conservation MO

2025 Turkey, Blue Catfish and Regulatory Reform Amendment Process

Sep 15 Regulatory Reform Virginia DWR VA

Fall Archery Deer and Turkey Seasons Open in September

Sep 15 Hunting Seasons Connecticut DEEP CT

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

An Alaska-Grown Solution to Safeguard Bristol Bay

Aug 21 Fish Alaska Magazine Tica Drury AK

Save the Prairie 2025 Restores 5.4 Acres of Rare Iowa Habitat

Aug 15 Habitat Restoration Pottawattamie County Conservation IA

Judge orders company to immediately stop mining until it gets proper permits

Aug 27 Enforcement Water Quality WLOS NC

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

Jul 31 Mobile Baykeeper AL

Proposed Amendment Aims to Protect Idaho's State Lands From Future Sell-Offs

Aug 20 Proposed Amendment Field & Stream Travis Hall ID

New Colorado Legislation Would Pause State's Gray Wolf Reintroduction Program

Aug 20 Denver7 News Stephanie Butzer CO

Wyoming Lawmakers Advance Bill Decriminalizing Corner Crossing

Aug 19 Proposed Rule WyoFile Angus M. Thuermer Jr. WY

USFS Sets Record Straight on Hoosier National Forest Management

Mar 5 Forest Management USDA Forest Service Mike Chaveas IN

TWS Statement on the U.S. Government Shutdown

Oct 1 Government Shutdown The Wildlife Society

Support for HB 1811: Remove the cap on PGC land acquisition

Sep 29 Land Acquisition Backcountry Hunters & Anglers PA

Idaho Overpass: Safe Passage for Wildlife and Drivers

Sep 30 Wildlife Conservation RMEF ID

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

CDFW Cites Five Individuals in Siskiyou County for Illegal Suction Dredge Mining

Sep 26 Enforcement California Department of Fish and Wildlife CA

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

McDonald's to Invest $200 Million in Regenerative Ranching

Sep 22 Regenerative Agriculture High Plains Journal Lacey Vilhauer

Conservation News from Louisiana

Sep 19 Wildlife Conservation The Nature Conservancy LA

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

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

Strategic Action Can Turn Tide Against Invasive Grasses that Threaten Mule Deer

Sep 22 Wildlife Conservation RMEF WY

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

Scientists, RMEF, Forestry Professionals, Others Support Fix Our Forests Act

Sep 15 Forest Management RMEF Proposed Legislation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Virtual Informational Meeting on Red Wolf

Sep 15 Endangered Species U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Public Meeting

USDA Announces Forest Health Resilience Projects

Sep 15 Forest Management RMEF Federal Funding

MAPOceans Act Passes Senate

Sep 12 Legislation TRCP Fishing

Researcher finds trail-use impacts on elk but not deer in Gunnison Basin

Aug 31 Wildlife Research Grand Junction Sentinel Dennis Webb CO

Podcast: "This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting." Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade

Aug 13 Outdoor Life Alex Robinson

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

If the Government Shuts Down, Should National Parks, Too?

Sep 26 Outside Online Owen Clarke Policy Analysis

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected

Aug 12 Space.com Jennifer Raynor Marine Conservation

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

On Step Alaksa Podcast - The Roadless Rule

Sep 2 On Step Alaska Chris Wood (Guest) Podcast

Yellowstone Researchers: Elk and Bison Supercharge Grass Growth

Sep 2 Mountain Journal Wildlife Research

Data Centers, Energy, and Water: What Hunters and Anglers Need to Know

Aug 26 News Analysis TRCP Dan Morgan

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

Former supervisor of most-visited national forest shares concerns about 'deliberate dismantling' of public lands

Aug 27 Summit Daily Ryan Spencer CO

Wild Horses and the West with Jenny Lesieutre

Aug 27 MeatEater Habitat Horses

American Kestrel Nest Box Success

Aug 26 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Habitat Restoration NH

Three Ways States Are Strengthening Their Wildlife Agencies in 2025

Aug 26 NCEL News Analysis Policy

Meet the Hunters Trying to Fix Florida's Python Invasion

Aug 23 Field & Stream Allie Conti

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