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Follow Field & Stream’s conservation news covering wildlife management, habitat protection, and public lands advocacy. Our editors report on conservation policy, species recovery efforts, and the issues affecting fish and wildlife populations. Stay informed on hunting and fishing regulations, environmental threats, and the conservation funding that supports healthy ecosystems and outdoor recreation access.

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Interior Strips Protections from Alaska’s Famed Dalton Highway, Opens Public Lands to State Transfer

By Travis Hall

A new Public Lands Order has troubling implications for an iconic public-land hunting-and-fishing destination in Alaska

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Hunting Conservation

Idaho Fish & Game Kills 82 Mule Deer That Wandered Into High-Fence Elk Hunting Ranch

By Travis Hall

The incident has sparked concerns about the potential spread of Chronic Wasting Disease from domesticated big game into wild deer and elk herds in Idaho

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Public Lands & Waters

Upcoming Senate Vote Could Fast Track a Banned Mine on the Edge of The Boundary Waters

By Travis Hall

The bill would green-light a foreign mining operation upstream of an iconic Wilderness Area despite widespread public opposition

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Hunting Conservation

Legendary Turkey Hunter Fox Haas Passes Away at 95

By Travis Hall

The father of Mossy Oak founder Toxey Haas, “Mr. Fox” played a key role in the resurgence of wild turkeys and turkey hunting in the Southeast

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Public Lands & Waters

House Votes for Mining Upstream of Boundary Waters Despite Outcry from Hunters and Anglers

By Travis Hall

Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke and 10 other Republican members of the newly formed Public Lands Caucus voted to scrap critical safeguards for America’s most-visited wilderness area—and of its best public-land, hunting-and-fishing destinations

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Bill Would Allow Banned Mining Activities Upstream of Famed Boundary Waters Wilderness Area

By Travis Hall

Hunting and angling groups are up in arms over a bill that would pave the way for open-pit mining in the headwaters of the nation’s most-visited wilderness

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Hunting Conservation

Tackling CWD in Wisconsin—One Doe At a Time

By Katie Hill

Wisconsin farmer and conservationist Doug Duren has turned whitetail doe harvest—a management tactic that the late-stage CWD outbreak around his Richland County home demands—into something worth celebrating

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Public Lands & Waters

Keeping Public Lands in Public Hands: What Will it Take?

By GGATTO

How a New Mexico Congressman is fighting to preserve America’s public land legacy

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Nominee to Head BLM Has History of Supporting Public-Land Sell-Offs

By Travis Hall

The Trump Administration’s pick to run the nation’s largest land-management agency is reigniting concerns over public-land sell-offs

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Idaho Politician Calls for Transferring Federal Public Lands to State Control

By Sage Marshall

Opponents say the move would lead to public land sell offs in the Gem State

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