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July 31, 2025

Outdoor Insights: Original Aldo Leopold journals now available, and a change to Minnesota deer season

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Old-school conservation minds now can view original hand-written notes and journals of renowned environmental educator and author Aldo Leopold online.
Most famous for writing “A Sand County Almanac,” Leopold was arguably the father of modern wildlife management and conservation ethics, and he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when the school established the first department of wildlife ecology in the nation.

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Commentary: Could U.S. Supreme Court determine access to 8 million public-land acres?

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With more than 8 million acres of public lands on the line, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is once again mobilizing hunters, anglers, and public-land owners to help fund the final legal battle in what may be the most pivotal public-lands case of this generation.
Iron Bar Holdings, LLC, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that upholds the legality of “corner crossing” – a method of accessing public lands at the shared corners of public and private lands laid out in a checkerboard configuration.

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A sunrise stealth attack: Here’s how to get your deer stand ready for early-season morning hunts

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One of the most prevalent, just-won’t-die myths about bowhunting whitetails is that sitting mornings during the early season is a lost cause.
While you wouldn’t want to cross half a mile of soybeans in the predawn darkness to get to your set, there are plenty of opportunities to find quality morning setups long before the rut kicks in. You just need to understand how to mitigate your impact when you do go in. Most of this can be accomplished now, well before the opener.

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