As states prohibit trophy hunting, wildlife agencies lose billions while rural communities bear the cost....
Federal lands now hold triple the horses they can support, consuming forage ranchers pay to use....
As Western nations restrict trophy imports, African wildlife programs lose their primary funding source and poaching increases....
Compensation programs cover confirmed kills but ranchers say indirect losses triple the damage....
New federal habitat rules could block drilling across 67 million acres while rural counties brace for job losses....
Ohio case reveals how ad revenue and algorithms create new incentives for illegal kills....
Conservation organizations ask Interior Secretary to protect voluntary land agreements worth hundreds of millions—but some landowners feel trapped by permanent restrictions....
Federal regulators cut irrigation to save endangered fish, leaving Oregon farmers facing financial ruin and questioning who really owns Western water....
Influencer puts $10,000 on identities of Wyoming hunters following state law....
Federal regulators slashed irrigation by 65 percent to save endangered salmon, threatening to end farming operations that have sustained rural Oregon for generations....