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Will DOGE Cuts Bring an End to the Banding of Ducks and Geese?

By Travis Hall— May 16, 2025

The federal government has been banding birds for more than 100 years, providing essential data that keeps waterfowl seasons humming from California to New York. Now, conservation groups worry that the waterfowl banding program could be eliminated

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Congress Sneaks Massive Public Land Sell-Off Into Midnight Budget Amendment

By Travis Hall— May 8, 2025

Nearly half-a-million acres of BLM and US Forest Service land in Utah and Nevada could be sold off for good without any input from the public

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White House Budget Proposal Aims to “Zero Out” Critical Conservation Funds and Transfer Public Lands to States

By Travis Hall— May 7, 2025

The Trump administration’s budget outline for 2026 would defund a revered conservation program while stripping billions from the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and other public land agencies

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Study: Majority of Americans Oppose Public Land Sell Offs

By Sage Marshall— April 28, 2025

The survey results come amid mounting opposition to federal land sell offs from within the hunting community

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Father-Son Taxidermy Business Linked to Large-Scale Idaho Poaching Case

By Travis Hall— April 23, 2025

Two Idaho men are accused of fulfilling taxidermy orders for dozens of illegally killed big game animals

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Montana Legislators Push Substantial Price Hike for Non-Resident Hunters

By Travis Hall— April 22, 2025

A recently passed bill in the Montana legislature aims to increase the base license fee for out-of-state hunters by more than 500 percent

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The Bureau of Land Management Plans to Kill Its New Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

By Travis Hall— April 21, 2025

The one-year-old rule would have put wild game conservation on a level playing field with grazing and resource extraction on public lands throughout the West

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New Mexico Earmarks Record Funding for Wildlife Crossings

By Sage Marshall— April 17, 2025

Eighty percent of New Mexico voters say they support constructing wildlife crossing structures across major highways that intersect with known migration routes

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Major Deer Poaching Ring Busted in Maine

By Sage Marshall— April 14, 2025

Wardens seized venison, deer heads, trail cameras, and a rifle during one of the biggest poaching busts in recent times in the Pine Tree State

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Are Rare “Color-Phase” Wild Turkeys Actually Just Crossed with Domestics? Scientists Aim to Find Out

By Travis Hall— April 11, 2025

The WildturkeyDNA project will analyze hunter-harvested birds from across the country to gain a better understanding of the iconic game species

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