Conservation

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The Largest Migration on Earth Happens in the Ocean, Every Single Night

By Bob McNally

Pro Snake-Hunting Team Bags Massive 16-Foot, 91-Pound Python

By Bob McNally

Petition to Ban All Interstate Transport of Wildlife Would Cripple U.S. Hunters, Conservation

By Bob McNally

After 23 Years of Complaints from Hunters, Idaho Poacher Gets Jail Time, 10-Year Hunting Ban

By Dac Collins

Iguana Hunter Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida

By Bob McNally

Snake Hunters Remove 223 Invasive Burmese Pythons from the Everglades in Annual Challenge

By Bob McNally

Grizzly Travels 2,800 Miles for Food and Shelter, Puzzling Wildlife Biologists

By Alan Clemons

Every Hunter Should Know What the Lacey Act Is, How It Works, and Why It’s On the Books

By Joe Genzel

Watch: Bobcat Fights a Python, Steals Its Eggs

By Dac Collins

First-Ever Photos of Mating Florida Panthers Captured on Trail Camera

By Natalie Krebs

BLM Begins Largest Wild Horse and Burro Gather in History, Offers $1,000 Incentive to Adopt One

By Natalie Krebs

Fishing Closures, Wildfire Prevention, and “Rattlesnakes Everywhere”: Drought is Taking a Toll on Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation in the West

By Bob McNally

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Feds Agree to Add Wildlife Crossings to Border Wall Following Lawsuit

By Katie Hill

Poacher Who Left Moose to Rot Caught on Trail Camera

By Katie Hill

Wanted Man Leads Police on High-Speed Chase with an Elk Shoulder Mount in His Truck Bed

By Katie Hill

Mountain Lion Lurking on Popular Oregon Rock Triggers Beach Closure

By Katie Hill

Watch: Rare Trail Cam Footage Shows Gray Wolves Hunting a Beaver

By Dac Collins

Watch: Aggressive Sea Otter Attacks and Steals Surfboards

By Dac Collins

Florida Contractor Discovers Record-Breaking Nest of 111 Python Eggs

By Bob McNally

Watch: Turtle Attacks, Kills, and Eats Drake Mallard

By Katie Hill

A Cow Moose Had Triplets. The Internet Thinks They’re Mule Deer Fawns

By Katie Hill

Watch: Snake Hunters Catch the Longest Python Ever Recorded in Florida

By Bob McNally

Whitetail Deer Transmitted Covid-19 to Humans at Least Three Times, Study Suggests

By Katie Hill

Watch: What’s Killing Moose Calves in Alaska?

By Katie Hill

This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land

By Andrew McKean

Antarctica Will Be Our Last, Most Elusive Wilderness

By Natalie Krebs

Why I Sued the Governor

By Andrew McKean

Colorado Supreme Court Throws Out Stream Access Case in Blow to Public Fishing

By Dac Collins

Yellowstone Officials Identify, Fine Idiot Who Picked Up Bison Calf

By Dac Collins

Public Land Hunters Win Corner Crossing Case in Wyoming

By Alex Robinson

Watch: Armed Alabama Man Charged After Cussing Out Bass Tournament Anglers

By Katie Hill

7 Sneaky Ways Landowners Block Access to Public Lands

By Katie Hill

The BLM Wants to Make Conservation a Bigger Land-Use Priority

By Katie Hill

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

By Bob McNally

A Mining Proposal in the Okefenokee Threatens America’s Largest Remaining Blackwater Swamp

By Chris Hunt

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

By Bob McNally

Colorado Supreme Court Throws Out Stream Access Case in Blow to Public Fishing

By Dac Collins

11 MPH Boating Speed Limit on East Coast Would Kill Offshore Fishing Trips

By Dac Collins

Some Hunters Target Trumpeter Swans. Utah Wants to Stop It Before All Swan Hunting Gets Shut Down

By Andrew McKean

Minnesota Has the Most Wolves in the Lower 48 but Does Not Allow Wolf Hunting. Here’s Why

By Keegan Sentner

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

By Dac Collins

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

By Dac Collins

Watch: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Saws Poachers’ Guns in Half

By Katie Hill

Celebrity Bowhunting Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the Lacey Act

By Katie Hill

States Consider Using Budget Surpluses to Fund Conservation

By Katie Hill

Poisonous ‘Pods’ Are Still a Problem in Bowhunting

By Katie Hill

Watch: Animal Welfare Activists and ‘Trail Hunt’ Supporters Brawl During U.K. Boxing Day Celebration

By Katie Hill

Funding for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Other Conservation Efforts Included in $1.7 Trillion Spending Package

By Katie Hill

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

By Alex Robinson , Gerry Bethge , Natalie Krebs

Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply

By Andrew McKean

Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed

By Beka Garris

Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America

By Alex Robinson

LSU Professors Teach College Kids to Hunt in Hopes of Developing More Pro-Hunting Wildlife Professionals

By Jay Pinsky

The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild

By Laura Lancaster

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting

By Russell Worth Parker

Montana’s Controversial Pheasant Stocking Program Moves Forward

By Dac Collins

Hunting License Sales Saw a Slight Decrease in 2021

By Keegan Sentner

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

By Christine Peterson

Is Hunter Recruitment Really Hurting Hunting Opportunity in the West? Here’s One R3 Coordinator’s Take

By Paul Kemper

Antarctica Will Be Our Last, Most Elusive Wilderness

By Natalie Krebs

Watch: Timelapse of Maggot Swarm Decomposing a Fawn in 20 Seconds

By Katie Hill

Crocodile Gives “Virgin Birth” After 16 Years of Isolation

By Bob McNally

Pythons Are Allowing Rats to Take Over the Everglades

By Bob McNally

A Massive Minnow Shortage Is Looming for Minnesota’s Bait Shops

By Dac Collins

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

By Bob McNally

Mystery Critter Photographed Near Texas Border Turns Out to Be … a Badger?

By Dac Collins

Wild Game Power Rankings: What Species Have the Best Shot at Surviving Climate Change?

By Christine Peterson

The BLM Wants to Make Conservation a Bigger Land-Use Priority

By Katie Hill

Brutal Winter Causing Huge Losses in Western Big Game Herds

By Katie Hill

The Best Compost Tumblers of 2023

By Scott Einsmann

Are Floating Ice Barriers the Cause of Lake Erie’s Deteriorating Fishery?

By Andrew McKean

Latest Conservation Stories

This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans

By Alex Robinson

/ Jul 20, 2023

Feds Agree to Add Wildlife Crossings to Border Wall Following Lawsuit

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 20, 2023

Poacher Who Left Moose to Rot Caught on Trail Camera

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 20, 2023

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

By Alex Robinson , Gerry Bethge , Natalie Krebs

/ Jul 19, 2023

Wanted Man Leads Police on High-Speed Chase with an Elk Shoulder Mount in His Truck Bed

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 18, 2023

Mountain Lion Lurking on Popular Oregon Rock Triggers Beach Closure

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 17, 2023

Watch: Rare Trail Cam Footage Shows Gray Wolves Hunting a Beaver

By Dac Collins

/ Jul 14, 2023

Watch: Aggressive Sea Otter Attacks and Steals Surfboards

By Dac Collins

/ Jul 14, 2023

Florida Contractor Discovers Record-Breaking Nest of 111 Python Eggs

By Bob McNally

/ Jul 14, 2023

Watch: Turtle Attacks, Kills, and Eats Drake Mallard

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 13, 2023

A Cow Moose Had Triplets. The Internet Thinks They’re Mule Deer Fawns

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 13, 2023

Watch: Snake Hunters Catch the Longest Python Ever Recorded in Florida

By Bob McNally

/ Jul 13, 2023

Whitetail Deer Transmitted Covid-19 to Humans at Least Three Times, Study Suggests

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 13, 2023

Watch: What’s Killing Moose Calves in Alaska?

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 12, 2023

Watch: Relocated Grizzly Bear Released from Trap Steals Camera

By Katie Hill

/ Jul 12, 2023

The Clock Is Ticking as the Feds Grapple with Delisting Grizzly Bears

By Andrew McKean

/ Jul 7, 2023

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The Largest Migration on Earth Happens in the Ocean, Every Single Night

Pro Snake-Hunting Team Bags Massive 16-Foot, 91-Pound Python

Petition to Ban All Interstate Transport of Wildlife Would Cripple U.S. Hunters, Conservation

After 23 Years of Complaints from Hunters, Idaho Poacher Gets Jail Time, 10-Year Hunting Ban

Iguana Hunter Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida

Snake Hunters Remove 223 Invasive Burmese Pythons from the Everglades in Annual Challenge

Grizzly Travels 2,800 Miles for Food and Shelter, Puzzling Wildlife Biologists

Every Hunter Should Know What the Lacey Act Is, How It Works, and Why It’s On the Books

Watch: Bobcat Fights a Python, Steals Its Eggs

First-Ever Photos of Mating Florida Panthers Captured on Trail Camera

BLM Begins Largest Wild Horse and Burro Gather in History, Offers $1,000 Incentive to Adopt One

Fishing Closures, Wildfire Prevention, and “Rattlesnakes Everywhere”: Drought is Taking a Toll on Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation in the West

Explore Conservation

Feds Agree to Add Wildlife Crossings to Border Wall Following Lawsuit

Poacher Who Left Moose to Rot Caught on Trail Camera

Wanted Man Leads Police on High-Speed Chase with an Elk Shoulder Mount in His Truck Bed

Mountain Lion Lurking on Popular Oregon Rock Triggers Beach Closure

Watch: Rare Trail Cam Footage Shows Gray Wolves Hunting a Beaver

Watch: Aggressive Sea Otter Attacks and Steals Surfboards

Florida Contractor Discovers Record-Breaking Nest of 111 Python Eggs

Watch: Turtle Attacks, Kills, and Eats Drake Mallard

A Cow Moose Had Triplets. The Internet Thinks They’re Mule Deer Fawns

Watch: Snake Hunters Catch the Longest Python Ever Recorded in Florida

Whitetail Deer Transmitted Covid-19 to Humans at Least Three Times, Study Suggests

Watch: What’s Killing Moose Calves in Alaska?

This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land

Antarctica Will Be Our Last, Most Elusive Wilderness

Why I Sued the Governor

Colorado Supreme Court Throws Out Stream Access Case in Blow to Public Fishing

Yellowstone Officials Identify, Fine Idiot Who Picked Up Bison Calf

Public Land Hunters Win Corner Crossing Case in Wyoming

Watch: Armed Alabama Man Charged After Cussing Out Bass Tournament Anglers

7 Sneaky Ways Landowners Block Access to Public Lands

The BLM Wants to Make Conservation a Bigger Land-Use Priority

British Columbia Has an Invasive Goldfish Problem

A Mining Proposal in the Okefenokee Threatens America’s Largest Remaining Blackwater Swamp

Sargassum Seaweed Mat Stretching 5,000 Miles Long Heads Toward Florida

Colorado Supreme Court Throws Out Stream Access Case in Blow to Public Fishing

11 MPH Boating Speed Limit on East Coast Would Kill Offshore Fishing Trips

Some Hunters Target Trumpeter Swans. Utah Wants to Stop It Before All Swan Hunting Gets Shut Down

Minnesota Has the Most Wolves in the Lower 48 but Does Not Allow Wolf Hunting. Here’s Why

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

Watch: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Saws Poachers’ Guns in Half

Celebrity Bowhunting Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate the Lacey Act

States Consider Using Budget Surpluses to Fund Conservation

Poisonous ‘Pods’ Are Still a Problem in Bowhunting

Watch: Animal Welfare Activists and ‘Trail Hunt’ Supporters Brawl During U.K. Boxing Day Celebration

Funding for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Other Conservation Efforts Included in $1.7 Trillion Spending Package

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply

Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed

Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America

LSU Professors Teach College Kids to Hunt in Hopes of Developing More Pro-Hunting Wildlife Professionals

The Heart & the Skull: A First Deer Hunt Brings You Closer to the Wild

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting

Montana’s Controversial Pheasant Stocking Program Moves Forward

Hunting License Sales Saw a Slight Decrease in 2021

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Is Hunter Recruitment Really Hurting Hunting Opportunity in the West? Here’s One R3 Coordinator’s Take

Antarctica Will Be Our Last, Most Elusive Wilderness

Watch: Timelapse of Maggot Swarm Decomposing a Fawn in 20 Seconds

Crocodile Gives “Virgin Birth” After 16 Years of Isolation

Pythons Are Allowing Rats to Take Over the Everglades

A Massive Minnow Shortage Is Looming for Minnesota’s Bait Shops

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

Mystery Critter Photographed Near Texas Border Turns Out to Be … a Badger?

Wild Game Power Rankings: What Species Have the Best Shot at Surviving Climate Change?

The BLM Wants to Make Conservation a Bigger Land-Use Priority

Brutal Winter Causing Huge Losses in Western Big Game Herds

The Best Compost Tumblers of 2023

Are Floating Ice Barriers the Cause of Lake Erie’s Deteriorating Fishery?

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