Commentary: Groups send letter to USFWS on wetland easement rules
Site Staff
August 14, 2026
Groups send letter to USFWS on wetland easement rules
Opinion
Jeremiah Haas: Expanding our love of animals to include hunting
Jeremiah Haas
August 9, 2026
Hunting has seen a decreasing trend in nearly all states across the country. States are offering grants to increase participation using multiple avenues; however, the declining trend has continued the past few decades.
Recently,
Commentary: Latest Endangered Species Act rules equal open season on wildlife habitat
Devon Bowker
July 30, 2026
If your home was burned down, were you harmed? The answer is, of course, yes.
Left or right, red or blue, there are some things we can all agree are simply true. Yet the
Commentary: Results of Oregon lawsuit could reshape public lands
John Ruple
July 14, 2026
Most of us first encountered Lord of the Flies in high school English class. It’s a story about what happens when the rules that hold a community together disappear – and how quickly order gives
Commentary: The Roadless Rule is under attack
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich / D-New Mexico
June 12, 2026
When I draw a hunting tag, especially for elk, one of the first things I do is pull out a map. I look for public land – and then I look for roads, because that’s
Commentary: After Boundary Waters vote, no public lands are off-limits
Land Tawney
May 28, 2026
When Congress voted last month to overturn the 20-year minerals withdrawal conserving the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hunters and anglers across the country took notice – and not just because the
Commentary: Drastic budget cuts will undermine conservation and public lands
Jared Mott
May 21, 2026
Congress decides how to fund federal departments, agencies and programs through an annual appropriations process. The process for fiscal year 2027 (which begins October 1, 2026) began in April with the release of the president’s
Commentary: Drawing a line for America’s public lands
Ryan Callaghan and Steven Rinella
April 28, 2026
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness isn’t just another patch of federal land on a map. It’s one of the last places in the Lower 48 where wild still means wild.
Where clean water,
Commentary: Proposed USFS changes will harm forest resources nationwide
Gus Smith
April 28, 2026
Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced many changes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The plan would move the USFS headquarters from our national seat of federal government in Washington D.C. to
