Climate & Environment

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Conservation

Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists

By Andrew McKean

Conservation

Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners

By Andrew McKean

tim walz hunting

Conservation

How (and Why) We Cover Politics at Outdoor Life How (and Why) We Cover Politics at Outdoor Life

By Alex Robinson

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.

Conservation

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

A trio of feral hogs disturb the soil.

Conservation

As If Feral Hogs Weren’t Bad Enough, They’re Probably Helping Spread Invasive Plants As If Feral Hogs Weren’t Bad Enough, They’re Probably Helping Spread Invasive Plants

A USFWS biologist with a collared goose.

Conservation

Hunting and Fishing Makes Us Better Environmental Stewards, Study Shows Hunting and Fishing Makes Us Better Environmental Stewards, Study Shows

A pair of caribou with antlers face off on a tundra hillock.

Conservation

BLM Officially Blocks the Ambler Road, a 211-Mile Industrial Corridor Through Alaska’s Iconic Brooks Range BLM Officially Blocks the Ambler Road, a 211-Mile Industrial Corridor Through Alaska’s Iconic Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

Pronghorn antelope in Wyoming.

Conservation

Why Is the New BLM Rule So Controversial? Why Is the New BLM Rule So Controversial?

By Andrew McKean

A caribou stands in the Brooks Range, the proposed site of the Ambler Road.

Conservation

BLM Moves to Block the Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range BLM Moves to Block the Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

A sunset over the Florida Everglades.

Climate & Environment

Florida Now Using Gambling Revenues to Fund Wildlife Conservation Florida Now Using Gambling Revenues to Fund Wildlife Conservation

A wildfire in Texas is killing quail.

Conservation

The Biggest Fire in Texas History Will Help Quail Someday. Right Now It’s Killing Them The Biggest Fire in Texas History Will Help Quail Someday. Right Now It’s Killing Them

Two men paddle a canoe across Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Conservation

Feds Say Mining Company Can’t Divert 1.4 Million Gallons Water per Day from Georgia Wildlife Refuge Feds Say Mining Company Can’t Divert 1.4 Million Gallons Water per Day from Georgia Wildlife Refuge

Hunters line up for a duck blind lottery in darkness. Photo by Tom Fowlks

Hunting

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

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

snake river dams underwater salmon

Conservation

Breach or Die: It’s Time to Free the Lower Snake River and Save Idaho’s Wild Salmon Breach or Die: It’s Time to Free the Lower Snake River and Save Idaho’s Wild Salmon

nine killer whales in alaska died in trawler nets this year

Conservation

Alaska Trawlers Caught 10 Killer Whales This Year, and Nine of Them Died Alaska Trawlers Caught 10 Killer Whales This Year, and Nine of Them Died

A teen excavates a whale skull found in Alabama.

Conservation

Alabama Fossil Hunter Finds 34-Million-Year-Old Whale Skull on Her Family Farm Alabama Fossil Hunter Finds 34-Million-Year-Old Whale Skull on Her Family Farm

burmese python in florida everglades

Conservation

Invasive Burmese Pythons Could Move as Far North as Canada Invasive Burmese Pythons Could Move as Far North as Canada

drill ban in arctic national wildlife refuge

Conservation

Biden’s Protection of Arctic NWR May Signal More Public Land Protections Ahead of Election Biden’s Protection of Arctic NWR May Signal More Public Land Protections Ahead of Election

bear near wildfire camp

Conservation

Grizzly Bears Force Canadian Wildland Firefighters to Pack Up Camp and Relocate Grizzly Bears Force Canadian Wildland Firefighters to Pack Up Camp and Relocate

Weedoo cleans weeds from Oklahoma pond

Conservation

Watch: This “Skid Steer on Water” Removes Weeds from Public Fishing Areas Watch: This “Skid Steer on Water” Removes Weeds from Public Fishing Areas