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The Lone Star State Has Never Counted Its Cougars — That Might Be About to Change Texas has always done things its own way, and its approach to mountain lions is no exception. While every other Western state with a mountain lion population has some kind of management plan in place, Texas has been

A shake-up in the rankings has cigar lovers paying attention For the first time ever, Honduras has shipped more premium cigars to the United States than the Dominican Republic. That's the headline buried inside the latest import data from the Cigar Association of America, which tracks handmade, pr

Every time someone pours a cup of coffee in the morning, they probably don't think about where it actually came from. Not the store, not the roaster — the farm. The tree. The plant that took years to grow before it produced the first cherry that eventually made its way into that mug. That plant, an

Two conservation groups are suing to unlock nearly a million acres of public land that hunters can't legally reach In mid-May 2025, a lawsuit quietly filed in Lewis and Clark County District Court set off what could become one of the most consequential public land access battles in Montana history

For more than two decades, a federal policy called the Roadless Rule has quietly done some heavy lifting for America's public lands. Enacted in 2001, it has kept 58 million acres across 39 states free from new road construction — protecting some of the last truly wild corners of the national forest

There's something almost against the rules about what Carlos Henrique Brito did. The man, identified as an automotive designer affiliated with Groupe PSA — the French side of Stellantis — went ahead and cooked up an unsolicited concept for a completely different company. Not just any company, eithe

There's camping, there's overlanding, and then there's whatever Mammoth Overland just built. The Washington-based manufacturer has announced its latest teardrop trailer, the XLE — short for "Xtinction-Level Escape" — and it's the kind of rig that makes even the most seasoned outdoorsman stop and ta

The One Buck Rule Is Coming — And Not Everyone Is Happy About It After a meeting that stretched nearly nine and a half hours, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission made two decisions that are going to reshape deer hunting in the lower peninsula for years to come. When the dust settled, commiss

For anyone who's spent time behind the wheel on federal land — whether that's a dusty trail through Nevada or a rocky path in Utah — a quiet but important policy shift just happened in Washington, and it matters more than most people realize. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, known as the BLM

Oregon is edging closer to a ballot vote that could fundamentally reshape how residents interact with animals — banning everything from deer hunting and salmon fishing to cattle slaughter and dairy farming. The initiative, known as IP28 or the PEACE Act, has collected roughly 112,000 signatures, pu