Latest Policy & Legislation Stories
Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns
Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West—and Their Profits Keep Growing
In Washington State, Hunters May No Longer Be “Necessary to Manage Wildlife”
Waterfowl Numbers Are Up While Most Bird Species Are in Decline, and Birders Should Pay Attention to Why
Report Finds That New Mexico’s Elk Licensing System Favors Wealthy Landowners and Out-of-Staters Over Residents
New Report Provides a Roadmap for Sagebrush Conservation in the West
USFWS Will Expand Hunting and Fishing at 18 National Wildlife Refuges While Phasing Out Lead Ammo and Tackle There
How Many Wolves Should There Be in Colorado?
The Inflation Reduction Act Includes Billions of Dollars for Deer Habitat, Wildlife Refuges, and Coastal Projects
Montana Is on the Brink of Destroying One of Its Most Successful Conservation Programs
Can Game Wardens Hang Trail Cameras on Your Private Property?
The Grasslands Conservation Act Just Hit the Senate. Here’s What it Means for Hunters and Wildlife
This Year’s Record-Breaking Salmon Run in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Proves Why Pebble Mine Is Such a Terrible Idea
This Bill Would Repeal Excise Taxes on Guns and Ammo. Both the NSSF and NRA Oppose It
The House Passed a Bill That Could Provide $1.4 Billion in Wildlife Funding Every Single Year
USFWS Wants to Open 19 More Wildlife Refuges to Hunting and Fishing. Lead Ammo and Tackle Would Be Banned There
New Jersey Bill Would Require Landowners to Notify Neighbors Before Hunting Their Own Land
BLM Unlocks 75,000 Acres of Private and Public Land With Major Purchase in Wyoming
This Public-Land Mining Law Hasn’t Changed Since 1872. A New Bill Would Impose Royalties for Hardrock Mining on Federal Land
The Most Important Wildlife Conservation Legislation in 50 Years Is Primed for Passage in Congress
The House Just Passed an Act That Will Make It Easier for Hunters to Find and Access Public Lands
Is USFWS About to Walk Back Its Expansion of Hunting on Federal Land Because of Lead Ammo?
Want to Understand the Corner-Crossing Issue? Listen to These Podcasts from Randy Newberg
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Act
Biden Administration to Restore Roadless Rule Protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Why Do States Have Such Different (and Obscure) Hunting Regulations? It’s Partly Because We Can’t Agree on What’s Ethical
6 Key Issues We Hope the New Interior Secretary Tackles—and How to Pull It Off in This Partisan Era
Republican Senators’ Focus on Fossil Fuels Production Foreshadows Challenges to Come for Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland
3 Key Questions From Deb Haaland’s Interior Secretary Confirmation Hearings
Update: President-Elect Biden Picks Deb Haaland for Department of Interior Secretary
Senate Takes on William Perry Pendley’s “Illegal Role” at Bureau of Land Management
The Hunters’ Election: “We Think This Is the Most Important Election for Sportsmen in Our Lives”
Breaking: Trump Administration Withdraws Pendley as Nominee for BLM Director
The Secretary of the Interior on Climate Change, Wild Horses, CWD, and New Backcountry Conservation Areas
EPA Removes Water Protections and Rolls Back 2015 WOTUS Rule
Is the Trump Administration Really Looking Out for Outdoorsmen and Women? That Might Be Up to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
Ryan Zinke Departs Interior with a Mixed Record on Sportsmen’s Issues
Public Land Roundup: National Monument Trimming, Biking in Wilderness, and the Pebble Mine
Zinke’s World View
Public Land Roundup: Trump to Review National Monument Designations, RMEF Opens Acres, Hung Jury in First Nevada Bundy Trial
Ryan Zinke Named Secretary of the Interior
Hillary Clinton on Public Lands, Conservation, and Funding Wildlife Agencies
What a Trump Administration Would Do for Wildlife, Streams, and Forests
How Donald Trump’s Sons Became Hunters
Opinion: The Next President Should be a Force for Conservation
Q&A: Donald Trump on Guns, Hunting, and Conservation
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Land and Water Conservation Fund Cut: Congress Doesn’t Care About Public Access (Or About Urban Kids)
Why The Sportsmen’s Act Died (And Why Hunters and Anglers Share The Blame)
Hey Congress, stop stealing our access money
House Introduces Bill That Will Cut Funding for Many Conservation Programs
Conservation Groups Endorse Ban on New Mining in Huge Stretch of Federal Land
Tell the Senate to Pass the Sportsmen’s Act – NOW!
Minnesota Bill Could Open Up Boundary Waters Canoe Area For Mining
Official GOP Platform: Sell America’s Public Land
House Passes Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, But is it Really a Win for Outdoorsmen?
Bone Collecting Legalized