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How One Utah Lawmaker's Multi-Year Campaign to Preserve Hunting Country Cut the Ute Tribe Out of Its Own Ancestral Land In the northeastern corner of Utah, the Book Cliffs rise out of the high desert in a wall of broken sandstone and forested ridgeline that stretches, almost unbroken, for 250 mile

Indiana's Bobcat Controversy: How a 60% Quota Increase Is Dividing Hunters, Scientists, and Wildlife Advocates Indiana's bobcat is a ghost of the hardwood forest — rarely seen, rarely photographed, and for more than half a century, rarely spoken of as quarry. That changed dramatically in the fall

After 30 Years of Silence, the Northern Edge of Georges Bank Is Back on the Table For three decades, the Northern Edge of Georges Bank sat off-limits — a stretch of ocean as storied and productive as any fishing ground in the Western Hemisphere, walled off by federal regulation while generations o

The CAA Goes to Washington: Scott Pearce Makes the Case Against Cigar Tariffs Before Federal Trade Officials When Scott Pearce walked into the hearing room to face the Section 301 Committee, he carried with him the weight of an entire American industry — one measured not just in billions of dollar

Costco Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Heavy Metals in Orgain Protein Powder Every morning across America, millions of men tear open a bag of protein powder, scoop it into a blender, and knock back what they believe is a clean, high-quality supplement designed to support their training and heal

Europe's Lead Fishing Tackle Ban Is Almost Law — And It Should Make Every American Angler Pay Attention After years of scientific debate, political maneuvering, and a drawn-out regulatory process, the European Union is now on the verge of one of the most significant environmental policy decisions

The Cigar Industry Takes the Fight to Federal Court — Again The premium cigar world has never been a passive participant in its own regulation. For the better part of a decade, some of the most recognizable names in the business have spent enormous resources battling the federal government over wh

The Morning Cup in Jeopardy: How Climate Change Is Threatening Arabica Coffee and the Race to Save It For most American men, the morning cup of coffee is non-negotiable — a ritual as fixed as the alarm clock itself. But the science coming out of research labs and agricultural fields across three c

The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming — And the Numbers Prove It There is a moment in every serious cigar aficionado's evening when the world slows down: the careful selection of a stick, the deliberate cut, the ritual lighting. What was once considered a pastime belonging exclusively to boardrooms

The Plan That Could Reshape 4.9 Million Acres of the American West The federal government dropped a bombshell on hunters, conservationists, and timber communities alike last week when it released its long-awaited draft plan for the Blue Mountains — a sprawling expanse of national forest land that