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Read Field & Stream’s hunting conservation coverage including game management, habitat improvements, and hunter-funded conservation success stories. Our editors report on wildlife population trends, hunting access issues, and how excise taxes on hunting equipment fund state conservation programs. Discover how hunters contribute to conservation and the efforts to maintain huntable populations of game species.

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An Executive Order from President Trump Could Strip Protections from Millions of Acres of Prized Hunting and Fishing Grounds in Alaska

By Travis Hall

Here’s what three prominent conservation groups are saying about it

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A New House Bill Would Erase Presidential Public Land Powers Enshrined by Theodore Roosevelt

By Travis Hall

The bill would remove the President’s ability to designate and expand national monuments on federal land

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Colorado Parks & Wildlife Names Three Counties Where It Could Release Wolves This Winter

By Travis Hall

All three counties are in the western part of the Centennial State

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Colorado Beat Back an Outright Ban on Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting—What Will Anti-Hunting Groups Target Next?

By Travis Hall

The hunters who spearheaded a resounding defeat of Colorado’s Prop 127 aren’t resting on their laurels

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Five Men Busted in “Operation Night Cat”—One of New Hampshire’s Biggest-Ever Poaching Cases

By Sage Marshall

The investigation spanned several New Hampshire counties

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Proposed Fur Ban Would Be Bad News for Anglers and Fly Shops in Colorado

By Sage Marshall

Anglers are pushing back against a Colorado ballot initiative they call “a threat to fishing”

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What Happens if Colorado Bans Mountain Lion Hunting at the Ballot Box?

By Travis Hall

Hunters, conservation groups, and even Colorado Parks & Wildlife employees are speaking out against ballot box biology in the Centennial State ahead of the November election. Here’s why

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Anti-Hunting Groups Are Targeting Oregon’s Spring Bear Season

By Travis Hall

Groups like the Humane Society of the United States and Project Coyote are flooding Oregon’s Game Commission with form letters opposing quota increases for spring bear hunting and a newly-proposed youth hunt in the western part of the state

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Idaho Man Charged with “Overlimiting on Elk”, Harassing Game with Helicopter, and Illegally Selling Landowner Tags

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43-year-old Karl Studer received three felonies and 17 misdemeanors in a far-reaching case that included trophy elk, trophy mule deer, and aerial gunning of wildlife

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Recent Waterfowl Report Could Mean Shorter Early Teal Seasons for Duck Hunters

By Travis Hall

The annual U.S. Fish & Wildlife survey shows the first overall increase in nationwide duck numbers since 2015, but blue-winged teal didn’t fare as well as some other species

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