Steven Rinella’s Statement on the reduction of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

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...

Trophy Country: The Missouri River Breaks, Montana

This is the first article in the new MeatEater Trophy Country series. The Trophy Country column will showcase some of the best public land hunting and fishing locations in the United States. At MeatEater, the places we hunt and fish are as important to us as the fish and game we pursue. The search for Trophy Country leads us to some of America’s wildest places, where hunters and anglers can experience a true backcountry adventure on public land...

What President Biden's "30x30" Plan Means for Hunters and Anglers

By now you’ve likely heard about President Joe Biden’s “30x30” initiative. Also known as “America the Beautiful,” the program aims to conserve 30% of America’s lands and waters by the year 2030. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, about 12% of the United States’ landmass and 23% of its sovereign waters are currently protected. But, in the face of urban sprawl, climate change, fractured habitat, and natural resource exploitation, experts say...