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Sam Lungren

Sam Lungren
Sam Lungren is MeatEater's Fishing Editor and a former freelance writer/photographer, commercial fisherman, and editor of BHA's Backcountry Journal. Though originally from Whidbey Island, Washington, he's been in Montana for almost a decade and probably isn't leaving—except during steelhead season. Send him an email sam@themeateater.com or follow him @samlungrenmedia.

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Public Lands & Waters

Judge Ousts BLM Director Pendley; Conservationists Call for Retractions
On Sept. 25 a federal judge said that William Perry Pendley, who has served as the acting director of the BLM for more than a year without Senate confirmation, must be removed from his post. Now some conservation groups are calling for the DOI to vacate decisions and regulations authorized by Pendley.
In response to a lawsuit brought against Pendley by Montana Governor Steve Bullock, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled that Pendley had been in...

Public Lands & Waters

BLM Leadership Nomination Withdrawn, But William Perry Pendley Remains Acting Director
President Trump has withdrawn the nomination of William Perry Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management. The highly controversial former oil and mining industry lawyer, who publicly called for the outright sale of federal public lands, has drawn anger from public land users and advocates across the country—especially in the last few weeks. The Governor of Montana sued to block his appointment, a coalition of 45 Senators demanded immediate...

Public Lands & Waters

President Trump Signs the Great American Outdoors Act into Law
With a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump handed the conservation community one of their greatest achievements in recent memory. The Great American Outdoors Act became law on Tuesday, August 4, ending a decade-long battle to reauthorize and fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
“It’s a big win for bipartisanship. Perhaps it’s only fitting it took public lands to bring a divided government together,” said Sen...

Public Lands & Waters

Conservation Legend Jim Posewitz Passes Away at 85
Whether you know it or not, if you’re a hunter or angler in the United States, you owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Posewitz. As a conservation historian, philosopher, author, and thought leader on the ethics of hunting, “Poz” was essential in shaping the moral sporting code most of us practice today. His seminal book “Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting” (1994) has been printed more than a million times and distributed to...

Public Lands & Waters

The Biggest Change to Public Lands in Our Lifetime
MeatEater’s conservation director and host of the Cal’s Week in Review Podcast, Ryan Callaghan, is feeling optimistic today. When Congress reconvenes next month, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he will bring the Great American Outdoors Act to the floor for debate and likely a vote. Cal calls the GAOA, “the largest outdoor package we will likely see in our lifetime.” The legislative package allocates $9.5 billion over five...

Public Lands & Waters

Legislation Would Protect the Boundary Waters from Sulfide Mining
This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in the House that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from sulfide mines proposed to be sited upstream of the famed Northern Minnesota wilderness. If enacted, H.R. 5598, the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, would withdraw more than 200,000 acres of the Superior National Forest within the Rainy River Watershed from current and...

Wildlife Management

Supreme Court Issues Opinion on Herrera v. Wyoming
Read MeatEater’s first article about the Herrera’s hunt, investigation, arrest and legal journey if you’re new to this case.
On Monday, May 20, the United States Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated ruling in the case of Herrera v. Wyoming. Though Clayvin Herrera and the Crow Tribe claimed a major victory in their quest to restore treaty-granted hunting rights on the Bighorn National Forest, the case is far from concluded and may return...

Public Lands & Waters

The Public Lands Package Passes Congress
Update: The Natural Resource Management Act, S. 47, passed the House of Representatives by a 363-62 margin on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 26. The public lands package generated strong support on both sides of the aisle, similar to its treatment in the Senate. It will now go to the president’s desk. Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill into law later this week after his return from Vietnam, permanently reauthorizing the Land and...

Public Lands & Waters

Herrera v. Wyoming: Inside the Elk Hunting Case Before the Supreme Court
On Jan. 8, a former game warden for the Crow Tribe of southeastern Montana went before the United States Supreme Court. Clayvin Herrera was convicted by the State of Wyoming of killing a bull elk out of season, without a license in January 2014. Two of his companions, who also shot bulls after following the herd off the Crow Reservation across the state line into the Bighorn National Forest, both pleaded guilty to the same poaching charges and...

Policy & Legislation

What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for Hunting and Fishing?
On Saturday, Jan. 12, the partial federal government shutdown became the longest such closure in the nation’s history. As the stalemate between the President and the House of Representatives over funding for a $5 billion wall along the Mexican border spills into a fifth week, shuttered and unfunded public lands management agencies are starting to feel the pinch.
The Department of the Interior, which houses the National Park Service, Bureau of...