Trophy hunting bans satisfy animal welfare concerns but leave wildlife agencies scrambling to replace millions in lost conservation funding....
New federal habitat protections for declining sage grouse populations clash with Western energy development and rural economic survival....
Federal protections for declining bird restrict energy leasing across millions of Western acres, pitting conservation against rural jobs and state sovereignty....
BLM grazing cuts could force Western ranchers off land their families have worked for generations—all in the name of sage grouse and watershed restoration....
Colorado's new wolves are killing cattle, and the state's compensation checks don't cover what ranchers are actually losing....
Federal agents cracking down on "baited field" violations that hunters say criminalize farming practices and traditional waterfowl hunting on private land....
Executive order expanding off-road vehicle access pits motorized users against backcountry hunters in fight over what "public access" really means....
Federal lead ammunition ban expands to millions of acres as hunters who funded those refuges question the cost and the motive....
BLM proposes 28% average grazing cuts across three states, pitting rangeland science against ranch survival in communities where both matter....
Federal lands open to hunting—sort of—as agencies offer limited permits to places your excise taxes already bought...