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Environmental Issues

Pebble Mine Permit Denied, Conservationists Seek to Bury it Forever
The fiercely contested Pebble Mine will not receive a critical federal permit, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Wednesday. This...
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Wildlife Management

Fatal Disease in Washington’s Bighorn Stronghold: Why Does This Keep Happening?

Public Lands & Waters

Fact Checker: Did Teddy Roosevelt Ride a Moose?

Books & Literature

Excerpt from Steven Rinella’s “The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival”

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Public Lands & Waters

Bar Room Banter: 4 Unfound Treasures Hidden in America
There’s a difference between book smart and bar smart. You may not be book smart, but this series can make you seem educated and interesting from a barstool. So, belly up, mix yourself a glass of LMNT Recharge, and take notes as we look at hidden treasures found right out your backdoor. Powered by LMNT.
In the latest episode of the MeatEater Podcast, we sat down with Benjamin Wallace of New York Magazine. Wallace recently wrote about the...

Wildlife Management

Hundreds of Ducks Die Attempting to Land on Flooded Iowa Roads
Hundreds of ducks took a fatal detour on Monday night after severe weather forced them to land. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a “unique weather phenomenon” made the migrating birds land on flooded parking lots and roads instead of wetlands and marshes. The result was more than 200 ducks dead after being struck and killed by vehicles on Hwy. 20 in Woodbury County.
State conservation officer Steve Griebel witnessed the carnage...

Public Lands & Waters

Hunters Fighting Sale of 800 National Forest Acres in Georgia
Some 800 acres of public land may soon go up for sale in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia. The land in Rabun County—known locally as Boggs Mountain—is an accessible section of the roughly 867,000-acre Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Many hunters local and afar are afraid of losing this federally-managed public land—ground owned by all Americans—and some people are doing something about it.
I recently took a walk up through the...

Wildlife Management

How Often do Whitetail and Mule Deer Hybridize?
As a scientist, it’s my job to be curious. I spend a lot of my time trying to figure out what makes animals tick and brainstorming ways that wildlife managers might be able to use that information to promote the critters we care about. Every now and then, I stumble across an idea that is pretty far outside what I am used to working on (or should be working on) but that captivates me nonetheless. Recently I’ve been shirking my normal work...

Public Lands & Waters

Idaho Man Banned from Yellowstone After Cooking Chicken in Hot Spring
An Idaho man is in hot water after he tried to use a hot spring as a hot pot. Yellowstone National Park has banned him and his sous chefs following an incident where they used a thermal spring in the park to cook chicken, according to East Idaho News.
The incident occurred on Aug. 7 when the rogue gourmand was spotted hiking toward the Shoshone Geyser Basin with several others in tow, armed with cooking pots. When a ranger investigated the report...

Wildlife Management

Wolves Removed from Endangered Species List: Will More Hunts Follow?
From the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the federal government would remove gray wolves in the Lower 48 from protection under the Endangered Species Act. When (and if) this decision goes into effect, states will resume management, and some will likely begin to issue permits to hunt the apex predators.
“After more than 45 years as a listed species, the gray wolf has...

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