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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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Congress Eyes Public Land Sell Off as Part of Special Budget Package

By Travis Hall

Some senators and representatives are interested in selling off federal lands near national parks and urban areas. Conservationists say its a short-sighted attempt at a land grab

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Feds Extend Comment Period for Lithium Mine Proposal in Prime Public Land Mule Deer Unit

By Travis Hall

The project would bring new roads and hundreds of drill sites to thousands of acres of public mule deer habitat in the Oregon desert

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New Executive Order Could Threaten Public Hunting and Fishing Lands, Including the Boundary Waters

By Travis Hall

Leaders from Trout Unlimited and Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters weigh in on the potential impacts of President Trump’s Executive Order fast-tracking mining on public lands

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Idaho Lawmakers Seek State Takeover of 11,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge

By Travis Hall

An Idaho senator wants to turn the Camas National Wildlife Refuge into a state-owned WMA. The local chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers says the move would strip protections from critical waterfowl and elk habitat

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A Fork in the Road: Fired Public Land Employees Tell Their Stories

By Travis Hall

In February 2025, thousands of people lost their careers with public land agencies across the country. Here’s what three former employees are dealing with and how they think the unprecedented mass firings will impact public lands moving forward

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Attempt to Reinstate Fired Public Land Employees Dies in Senate

By Travis Hall

The failed Senate amendment would have re-hired thousands of federal public land workers laid off during a mass firing on Valentine’s Day weekend

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Are National Monuments Back on Chopping Block?

By Travis Hall

With an official order from the new Secretary of the Interior to review all National Monuments dating back to Theodore Roosevelt, we’re taking a fresh look at the 119-year-old public-land protection””and what it means for hunters and anglers

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Supreme Court Rejects Utah’s Attempt to Dispose of 18.5 Million Acres of Public Land

By Travis Hall

Conservationists in the hunting and fishing community are celebrating after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Utah lawsuit that would have jeopardized vast tracts of federally-protected public land across the county

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Mining Road Through Alaska’s Brooks Range Denied Again Thanks to Outcry from Hunters and Anglers

By Travis Hall

Caving to heavy pressure from conservationists, lawmakers have abandoned a provision in a defense spending bill that would have directed the Bureau of Land Management to permit a 211-mile mining road through the heart of a pristine Alaskan wilderness

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A Previously-Denied Mining Road Through “Pristine” Alaskan Wilderness is Back on the Table

By Travis Hall

The Ambler Road would stretch 211 miles through prime hunting and fishing habitat in Alaska’s Brooks Range

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