In 2023, the Department of the Interior put a 20-year moratorium on mining activity in the watershed that feeds the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Now Congress is on the cusp of stripping those protections away
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The controversial amendment would have put more than half-a-million acres of public land in Utah and Nevada on the chopping block
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
The survey results come amid mounting opposition to federal land sell offs from within the hunting community
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
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
The project would bring new roads and hundreds of drill sites to thousands of acres of public mule deer habitat in the Oregon desert
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
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
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
