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Proposed Federal data tracking plan on public lands raises red flags for some

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Federal natural resource agencies are accepting public comment on a proposal to increase public land user data tracking in 40 different pilot locations across the U.S. But members of the outdoors community find some of the proposed tactics for data collection concerning.
Section 133 of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experience (EXPLORE) Act, which President Biden signed into law on Jan. 4, 2025, mandates leaders of the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase data collection on how the public uses some of its federal lands and waters.

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Farm Bill clears U.S. House

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The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 – commonly known as the “Farm Bill” – cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, April 30 in a 224-200 vote.
It now heads to the U.S. Senate for committee markup, likely to happen around the end of May or early June, per Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.)

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Farm Bill provision triggers concerns over sporting dog training, events

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In early March, the House Committee on Agriculture voted to approve a provision in the draft Farm Bill that has sporting groups concerned over potential consequences for training hunting dogs.
After months of widespread hand-wringing over the absence of a Farm Bill, Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) introduced the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 on Feb. 13. It was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture, which hosted a meeting and mark-up for the bill on March 3.

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Nominee for BLM director clears committee

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Former New Mexico congressman and Bureau of Land Management director nominee Stevan Pearce faced the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for a nomination hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 25 answering multiple rounds of targeted questions regarding his views on everything from energy development to resource management plans to grazing. But, as expected, the topic of public lands selloffs was the star of the show.
On Wednesday, March 4, without any further debate, the committee voted 11-9 along party lines to advance Pearce’s confirmation to the full U.S. Senate.

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Nominee for BLM director faces pushback regarding his record on public lands

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Former New Mexico congressman and Bureau of Land Management director nominee Stevan Pearce faced the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for a nomination hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 25 answering multiple rounds of targeted questions regarding his views on everything from energy development to resource management plans to grazing. But, as expected, the topic of public lands selloffs was the star of the show.

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Outdoor groups support new Department of the Interior funding for big game migratory habitat out West

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On Feb. 11, the Department of the Interior announced the availability of some $8 million for big game migratory habitat conservation across the West, building on funding previously secured through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and federal and private partners.
The funding came as part of the MABA 250 initiative from the Make America Beautiful Again commission, chaired by Interior secretary Doug Burgum.

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National corner crossing debate still hot after SCOTUS ignores it

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The hunting media is abuzz with talk about corner-crossing.
On Jan. 5, when Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, visited the MeatEater podcast to discuss conservation and public lands, the topic of corner-crossing quickly emerged. Two days later, Outdoor Life published a piece in which journalist Christine Peterson joined lifelong Wyoming resident David Willms for a corner-crossing journey up Elk Mountain, which served as ground zero for the original conflict between four Missouri hunters and Wyoming landowner Fred Eshelman in 2021.

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First-ever Congressional rollbacks of public land use now law

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On December 11, President Donald Trump signed a series of Congressional resolutions into law that rolled back Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and RMP amendments for millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management lands in Alaska, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
It marks the first time Congress has exercised the Congressional Review Act – which empowers the legislative branch to rescind federal agency rules – on land use plans built and implemented by federal land management agencies like the BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Idaho transforms tag structure for nonresident big game hunters

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Idaho’s nonresident big game hunters should expect something different when planning for the 2026 season.
The Gem State has transitioned its nonresident tag distribution process from an over-the-counter, first-come-first-served system to a draw system, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced in a press release on November 24. Nonresident hunters have until December 15 to submit draw applications.

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