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Follow Field & Stream's coverage of public lands and waters issues affecting outdoor recreation access. Our editors report on national forest management, BLM lands, wilderness designations, and threats to public access for hunting, fishing, and camping. Stay informed on land transfers, access closures, conservation easements, and advocacy efforts to protect America's public outdoor heritage.

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National Defense Area to Re-Open for Hunting Along U.S.-Mexico Border

By Sage Marshall— October 6, 2025

More than 100,000 acres of federally managed public lands—recently transferred to the military from the Department of Interior—are now open to hunting after access was shut down in the spring

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Trump Administration Moves to Revoke Public Lands Rule

By Sage Marshall— September 17, 2025

The rule allows non-profit conservation groups to lease public land for big game habitat work. Now it’s on the chopping block

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Why Our Best Public Lands for Hunting and Fishing Are At Risk—Again

By Travis Hall— September 15, 2025

A plan to overturn the 2001 Roadless Rule threatens some of the best hunting and fishing we have left on America’s public lands

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New Secretarial Order Threatens Land and Water Conservation Fund

By Katie Hill— September 11, 2025

Sporting and conservation groups are sounding the alarm over the impact of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s latest Secretarial Order on a popular bipartisan program that funds public lands

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Congress Moves to Override Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Land

By Travis Hall— September 2, 2025

Back from recess, the US House of Representatives is using a controversial maneuver to eliminate management plans on BLM lands in three states

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Boundary Waters at Risk Again As Trump Administration Declares Support for Copper Mine 

By Travis Hall— August 7, 2025

In a series of tweets, high-level officials at USDA and Interior said they’re working to renew leases for a previously banned mining project on the edge of America’s most popular wilderness area

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New Map Highlights 6 Million Acres of Public Land At Risk of Disposal

By Katie Hill— August 5, 2025

onXMaps and TRCP have joined forces in the past. This time, they’re spotlighting millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management lands slated for potential sale or transfer

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Feds Look to Divert Funds Used for Purchasing New Public Lands

By Travis Hall— August 4, 2025

Hundreds of millions of dollars in the Land and Water Conservation Fund that are earmarked for acquiring new public lands could soon be redirected for maintenance projects

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Conservationists Purchase $60 Million Property to Save Okefenokee Swamp from Strip Mine

By Sage Marshall— July 3, 2025

Opponents of a proposed strip mine next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge say the project would have drained the famous wetlands, damaging sport fish and big game habitat

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Budget Bill Still Mandates Drilling in Pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Travis Hall— July 2, 2025

A provision in the federal budget includes mandatory oil and gas drilling projects for up to 1.6 million acres of public hunting and fishing grounds in Alaska

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