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Conservation groups cheer passage of sweeping, but imperfect, public lands bill

Bipartisan bill protects hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands, reauthorizes beloved conservation program

by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, Feb 28th, 2019

Steamboat Creek, part of the proposed Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area (photo: USFS).

Conservation groups are hailing yesterday's House passage of the National Resources Management Act (NRMA), which passed the Senate in a vote roughly two weeks ago, as a historic, bipartisan achievement protecting public lands and wilderness throughout the United States. The NRMA now awaits only signature by Donald Trump.

Yellowstone's wild trout

A look at our iconic park's native, storied fish

by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Feb 27th, 2019

Fishing the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park (photo: Chris Hunt).

When John Colter set out from Manuel’s Fort at the mouth of the Big Horn River in the fall of 1807 and wandered south and east into what is now Yellowstone National Park, things were quite a bit different than they are today.

In the Heart of the Rockies to debut on Sportsmans Channel

New film explores how human-caused climate change is impacting hunting and angling throughout the West

by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Feb 26th, 2019

A scene from the film (credit: Jeremy Roberts).

The new film In the Heart of the Rockies debuts tonight on the Sportsmans Channel. The film is the latest from the duo Conservation Hawks and Conservation Media, who brought us the films Convergence, Chrome and, most recently, Cold Waters—all films which explore the impacts that climate change is having on watersheds, fish and anglers around the globe.

The dumbest mine on earth is one step closer to reality

Greed won't let Pebble Mine die

by Chad Shmukler - Thursday, Feb 21st, 2019

A scene from the Bristol Bay region of Alaska (photo: Pat Clayton).

What do you get when you mix an estimated $300 billion worth of recoverable gold, copper and molybdenum together with a governmental system of application and permitting that is unreasonably influenced and corrupted by powerful special interests?

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