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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

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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

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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

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A sweeping new bill is sitting on the governor's desk — and it could rewrite the rules for hunters across the First State Delaware hunters may be on the verge of one of the biggest wins the state's outdoor community has seen in years. A bill that would dramatically expand Sunday hunting, update

The federal government just blinked. After months of holding back a significant chunk of shallow-water grouper fishing quota from commercial fishermen in the Gulf of America, NOAA Fisheries announced it will release the withheld allocation — nearly 280,000 pounds — back to shareholders. The reason?

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For decades, hunters heading out to federal land have had to navigate a patchwork of rules that seemed to change depending on which park unit they stepped into. Some of those rules made sense. Others were head-scratchers — restrictions layered on top of state law, added by local park officials with