Recent Land Articles

There's a version of this story that almost sounds reasonable. Move a federal agency out of Washington D.C., get it closer to the land it actually manages, cut through the bureaucratic fog that builds up when you're 2,000 miles from the forests you're supposed to be overseeing. On the surface, the

There's an old saying among serious hunters and anglers — the best spots are always a few miles past where the last guy quit walking. Turns out, the data agrees. A recently released report from Trout Unlimited has put hard numbers behind something outdoorsmen have known for generations: when it com

One of America's Most Unique Wild Places Gets a Major Win for Hunters, Anglers, and Anyone Who Values What's Left of the Wild South The Okefenokee Swamp has survived a lot over the centuries. Hurricanes, drought, wildfire. But the biggest threat it faced in recent memory didn't come from nature —

The Mojave Desert has long been one of the most popular off-roading destinations in the country. Vast stretches of open land, rugged terrain, and the kind of wide-open freedom that draws drivers from across the West. But a federal judge just changed the game in a major way, and the off-roading comm

The man President Trump wants running the Bureau of Land Management just moved one step closer to confirmation, and the fight over his nomination says a lot about where things are headed for America's public lands. Former New Mexico congressman Stevan Pearce cleared the Senate Energy and Natura

5 Epic Bucket List Destinations Every ATVer Needs to Ride Image credit: OpenAI For the adventurous soul who finds solace in the roar of an engine an

For more than half a century, a quiet but powerful law has stood between America's wild places and the industries that want to profit from them. That law is the National Environmental Policy Act — NEPA — and as of this week, it looks very different than it did before. The Department of the Inte

In a state as big as Texas, where private ranches stretch for miles and public access has always been slim, something big is shifting. For years, folks have griped about how little land is open to everyone—just four percent of the whole state, and out of that, only about a million acres where you c

When it comes to keeping the great outdoors open for everyone who loves hitting the trails on an ATV or UTV, Yamaha is stepping up big time. The company's Outdoor Access Initiative, or OAI for short, just rolled out its third-quarter grants, handing out a solid $155,000 to eight different groups sp

The hunting world got a jolt this month when news broke about the sale of Kuiu , that go-to brand for ultralight gear that's become a staple for serious backcountry hunters. At first glance, it looked like just another business deal in the outdoor industry— a California-based company getting snapp