Last week, the BLM announced that it would deny a permit for Ambler Road Project in northern Alaska, which would have paved the way for mining development in the Brooks Range. The proposed road would have traversed 211 miles along the southern edge of the mountains, crossing over 3,000 streams and...

Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison think the federal government should lead the nation’s efforts on managing deer and elk. Why? They think hunters and state wildlife agencies aren’t controlling the herds’ impacts on society, other wildlife, and forest...

Everyone has seen those movies where a massive swarm of insects descends from the sky and devours a random cornfield, a bunch of gardens, or an errant cow. Of course, these are just movies and things like that never actually happen in real life. The thing that always seems the most unrealistic about...

Ryan Watson and Bryan Hagerich didn’t know each other before they got arrested and jailed in Turks and Caicos earlier this year, but now they’re making plans to go elk hunting together as soon as they return to the United States. Unfortunately, that first step–returning to the U.S.–feels like a...

Within the next couple months bucks will start growing their new antlers. By mid-summer, social media feeds will fill up with trail camera images of velvet-antlered hitlisters. Quite a few of these deer will be given names if they don’t have one already. This will happen with hunters ranging from...

The most recent meeting of the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission descended into open infighting last week as five of the nine commissioners voted to begin a process that could restrict cougar hunting in the state. The commission was considering a petition submitted last year by the...

I’m all too familiar with frustrating trail camera experiences. Ending up with poor-quality images or no pictures at all feels like a waste of time. If you're new to using trail cameras, you can avoid this mistake and learn from my experience. You could be happy just to know there are deer in the...

At a meeting on April 9th, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted to adopt a black bear hunting season in the state—the first since the Louisiana black bear was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1992. The Commission approved a 16-day season, set to run December 7 to 22 this...