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September 2, 2026

Hunters and Anglers Can Help Shape the Future of Our National Forest Road and Trail System

The Forest Service is revising the rule that determines which roads and trails are open, and hunters and anglers have an opportunity to inform the outcome. 

Virtually every hunt starts from a road. Many of these are National Forest roads that carry friends and families to their Labor Day campsite, the fourth-of-July swimming hole, where kids learn to ride a dirtbike, and where favorite hunting and fishing trips begin.  

The 2005 Travel Management Rule is the primary driver for how the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) makes intentional decisions about which roads, trails, and areas across our national forests are open to motor vehicles. The Forest Service administers more than 380,000 miles of road and 165,000 miles of trails across 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands, a system that supports recreation and wildlife-related visitation for more than 164 million people each year. Managing that system well is one of the most consequential things the agency does for fish, wildlife, and public access alike. 

Last week, the USFS opened a public scoping period on a forthcoming revision to the 2005 Travel Management Rule. This revision is a public process, and hunters and anglers are not opposed to updating the Travel Management Rule. However, refinements should be made to the proposed rule and hunters and anglers need to speak up to ensure that transportation management supports public access, conserves wildlife and healthy habitat, and manages for quality outdoor opportunities. 

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A carefully designed revision can deliver better maps, more consistent game retrieval, expanded access for hunters with mobility limitations, and sustain a road system the agency can actually afford to maintain, all while sustaining the habitat that makes these places worth reaching. 

At TRCP, we see a path forward to improve management across several fronts:

Sustain fish and wildlife habitat alongside access

Keeping wildlife on public land is an access issue as much as a habitat issue. The rule revision is an opportunity to maintain clear fish and wildlife considerations in agency decisions. It is also a chance to retain the ability of local managers to use seasonal restrictions and coordinate closely with state fish and wildlife agencies and other stakeholders for the benefit of fish and game.

Maintain the “closed unless designated open” framework for motorized use

Continue limiting motorized travel to roads, trails, and areas that the Forest Service has designated as open and has identified using authoritative maps. Undesignated, unauthorized, and user-created routes should remain closed unless opened through a transparent process that considers fish and wildlife, conflicts among uses, public safety, and maintenance capacity.

Reduce conflict between user groups through better maps and clear criteria

The revision is an opportunity to keep conflict reduction as an explicit purpose of travel planning, and to strengthen the local collaboration that resolves these questions best. While enforcement is an important part of a safe road system, clear, current, integrated digital and paper maps showing designated routes, vehicle use type, and seasonal closure dates would reduce conflict, which is why the mapping provisions in this notice deserve support. It’s also important that the revised regulations include adequate and appropriate criteria aimed at reducing conflict among users to appropriately balance diverse recreational uses.

Continue making decisions on class 1 e-bikes through local travel planning

The proposal would allow Class 1 e-bikes on national forest lands where bicycles are permitted. E-bikes can expand recreational access, but opening most nonmotorized trails across the national forest system to e-bikes would add more recreational pressure to wildlife. Local managers should continue to determine when and where their use is appropriate through a transparent public process that balances the needs for wildlife and other trail users.

Create a road system that is safe, effective, and affordable

The USFS already struggles to adequately maintain its existing road system. We recommend retaining forest level decision making authority to identify and maintain an adequate road system needed to provide safe and efficient travel while meeting public-access, administrative use needs, and fish and wildlife habitat considerations. A revised rule should help the agency right-size its network to deliver safer roads, better fishing water, and access the public can count on year after year. The revised rule should define an “adequate and appropriate” road and trail network to ensure realistic maintenance and funding is aligned with the capacity the agency, partners, and volunteers can provide. 

How you can make a difference

The Forest Service is accepting comments on the proposed revision through September 23. Comments submitted now help shape the alternatives the agency analyzes, which is the stage where public input has the most influence. 

Use the sample comment below as a starting point. Adding a few sentences about a national forest, hunting unit, trail, or fishery that matters to you will make your comment more personal and more effective. 

Submit your Comments by September 23

Sample Comment 

I hunt and fish on [name of national forest, hunting unit, watershed, or state]. The roads and trails there matter to me because [briefly describe how you use them and what you value about the country they access]. 

I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the revision of the 2005 Travel Management Rule. I support several of the agency’s proposed changes, specifically, integrated digital maps of motorized designations, national consistency for downed big game retrieval, and expanded access for hunters who rely on adaptive mobility devices. I encourage the Forest Service to create a durable framework that supports access for both motorized and non-motorized users and sustains fish and wildlife habitat, while considering the needs of a future road system the agency can maintain. 

Specifically, I ask the Forest Service to: 

Develop clear fish and wildlife considerations into the revised framework that include considerations for route designations, redundant route closures, and other decision tools to account for and balance fish and wildlife habitat needs along with adequate public access

Affirm that local managers retain seasonal management tools to support vehicle class restrictions or seasonal closures when needed to conserve winter range, big game migrations, and other resource needs;

Retain the “closed unless designated open” approach for motorized use. Keep motorized travel limited to officially designated and mapped routes. If the agency wishes to open additional routes, I encourage you to do so by examining local opportunities, not by making a sweeping change that will likely increase conflict.
Keep conflict reduction central to travel management to support quality user experiences which includes limiting opening Class 1 e-bikes to a route specific evaluation process;

Define a transportation system that the agency can reasonably afford to maintain by developing “adequate and appropriate” measures guided by realistic long term funding, maintenance capacity, and public and administrative access needs;

Retain coordination with state and Tribal governments, specifically by providing formal cooperating agency status to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies during the development of this DEIS.

The Forest Service does not need to choose between quality access and healthy fish and wildlife habitat. A revision that improves maps, adds consistency for game retrieval, expands access for hunters with mobility limitations, sustains wildlife security, and right-sizes the road system to available resources would serve hunters, anglers, rural communities, and the agency alike. 

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August 28, 2026

A Chance to Strengthen Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Protections

As the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission considers several measures to strengthen Bay menhaden management, we offer specific guidance for submitting comments

As we explained in our Aug. 7 blog, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has an opportunity this November to strengthen protections for Atlantic menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay through Draft Addendum II, which is now officially open for public comment until Oct. 9.

TRCP is recommending the following options that we believe will best achieve that goal:

Make the amount of Bay harvest responsive to coastwide management on the Atlantic.
Make the timing of harvest more precautionary to protect menhaden predators.
Make those timing limits actually mean something, by not allowing overharvest in certain periods.
Make the entire system adaptable, with regular intervals to review how management is working.

If you agree, simply click the link below to sign a petition to the ASMFC telling managers that you support precautionary management for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. (Note that this petition is separate from one you may have already signed asking for coastal menhaden reallocation; for better menhaden management, it is important to sign both.) More details on each option are provided below, listed by relevant sections in the addendum.

Addendum II includes options for fishery managers to reduce the Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap, spread harvest pressure across the fishing season via quota periods, and create a process for revisiting the cap at required regular intervals – but not all of the proposed options provide the same level of protection. So the ASMFC can elect to do more than simply cut the Bay Cap. It can build a smarter, more precautionary management system that protects menhaden when and where they are most important, keeps Bay harvest limits tied to the coastwide quota, and adapts as science improves. The ASMFC is considering a range of possible options for various potential actions, including the option to make no new management changes.

Section 3.1 – Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap Amount

TRCP’s preferred option: C1e – Link the Bay Cap to the TAC, with C2a limits

Don’t just lower the Bay Cap – fix the problem. The Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap is currently set at 51,000 metric tons. But the coastwide total allowable catch (TAC) can change over time as managers respond to the best available science – just as it did last year, when the ASMFC reduced the TAC by 20%, with no corresponding reduction to the Bay Cap.

Because the Bay Cap remained the same, the Chesapeake Bay now accounts for a larger share of the total coastwide harvest than it did previously. If managers are reducing the amount of menhaden that can be harvested coastwide, it doesn’t make sense for the Bay Cap to remain disconnected from those decisions. And this decision could be especially important this November when further TAC cuts are possible.

Total allowable catch (TAC): The maximum amount of Atlantic menhaden that can be removed coastwide, from all East Coast states, each year

Option C1e in the addendum would link the Bay Cap to approximately 13.6% of the annual coastwide TAC, with Option C2a establishing an upper annual harvest limit of 51,000 metric tons. At the current TAC, that would mean a Bay Cap of approximately 25,500 metric tons – a 50% reduction from the current cap.

And Option C1e does more than provide an immediate catch reduction. It fixes the disconnect between Bay and coastwide management. If the TAC decreases in the future, the Bay Cap would automatically decrease as well, preventing the Bay from accounting for an increasingly large share of the remaining harvest.

Section 3.2.1 – Chesapeake Bay Cap Distribution – Quota Periods

TRCP’s preferred option: B2 – 25% / 25% / 50% quota periods

How many menhaden are harvested matters. But when those fish are harvested also matters. Option B2 in this section would divide the Bay Cap into three equal-length periods, with 25% of total harvest allowed during the first period, 25% during the second, and 50% during the third. This would reduce the amount of industrial harvest that can occur early in the season (May to early July), when menhaden are particularly important as forage for predators, especially breeding ospreys — which have seen historically low chick survival rates in recent years due to a lack of menhaden.

The goal here isn’t to eliminate the reduction fishery from operating early in the season. It is to reduce the risk of concentrated harvest during periods when predators may have high forage needs. This is the essence of precautionary management: while scientists are still working to understand exactly how menhaden harvest affects forage availability and predators in the Bay, and waiting on the necessary research results, managers should reduce the risk of concentrated harvest during potentially sensitive periods rather than wait for all of the answers.

Section 3.2.2 – Chesapeake Bay Cap Distribution – Quota Period Overages & Underages

TRCP’s preferred option: B – Quota period overage payback

If there are quota periods, they need to mean something. Dividing the Bay Cap into quota periods only works if those periods actually limit when menhaden can be harvested.

Imagine if the ASMFC establishes a 25% limit for the first harvest period, but allows the fishery to exceed that amount without consequence as long as it stays below the overall annual cap. The quota period would effectively become a voluntary pacing target – not a meaningful management measure.

Under Option B, if the fishery exceeds its allocation during the first or second quota period, that overage would be deducted from the same quota period in the following year. At the same time, unused quota from the first two periods could roll into the third period. This provides flexibility while preventing the fishery from simply concentrating more harvest during an early period.

The question is simple: Should quota periods be enforceable management measures or merely voluntary pacing targets? TRCP believes they need to be meaningful management controls.

Section 3.3 – Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap Revisit Provision

TRCP’s preferred option: B – Three-year revisit provision

There is another important piece of this draft addendum: making sure the ASMFC will be required to regularly examine adjusting management as scientists learn more. There is still uncertainty about menhaden’s ecological role within the Chesapeake Bay and the appropriate level and timing of harvest. That’s a reason to take precautionary action now, but also to ensure management can change as scientists learn more.

Option B would require the ASMFC to revisit the Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap every three years. A scheduled review would give managers a predictable opportunity to evaluate whether the cap is working and to incorporate new data. This is particularly important if the ASMFC adopts Option C1e to link the Bay Cap to the coastwide catch limit. Linking the Bay Cap to the coastwide TAC would create a new management approach, and the Board should have a formal opportunity to evaluate that approach and adjust as new science becomes available. That is adaptive, ecosystem-based fisheries management in practice.

Coastwide TAC and Chesapeake Bay Protections Should Work Together

In addition to Draft Addendum II, the ASMFC will vote in November to set the 2027–2028 coastwide menhaden catch limit. TRCP supports setting this limit (the TAC) at a level with a 50% or less probability of exceeding the fishing mortality target based on the needs of striped bass and other predators. This approach would reduce the risk of fishing mortality reaching levels that could undermine menhaden’s important role as forage for other species.

The coastwide TAC and Chesapeake Bay management should work together. If the best available science supports reducing coastwide harvest to protect the ecosystem, the Bay harvest should respond accordingly, rather than remain disconnected from the coastwide TAC. That is why TRCP supports the options above, which would link the Bay Cap to the coastwide TAC while maintaining an upper limit on Bay harvest.

Together, these measures would create a more consistent approach to menhaden management – one that uses the best available science to limit fishing mortality coastwide while ensuring Chesapeake Bay harvest reflects those same conservation goals.

If you provide personalized comments to the ASMFC, be sure you are specific in stating your preferred option for each section of the addendum.

Make Your Voice Heard

The public comment period that runs until Oct. 9 is your chance to tell the ASMFC what you want commissioners to do before they make their final decision. If you care about healthy Chesapeake Bay fisheries, abundant forage for predators like striped bass, and a strong future for recreational fishing, tell the ASMFC to choose the strongest available protections for menhaden.

If you’d prefer to submit personalized comments to the Commission in a different way, there are multiple options to get involved. Here are five ways to submit comments:

In-person: Attend a hearing in-person or online (schedule)
Online: Survey
Online: Comment box on the Addendum II webpage (Please be specific on your preferred options for each section if you choose this option.)
Email: comments@asmfc.org (Use the email subject line: Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum II)
Mail: James Boyle, ASMFC, 1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200-N, Arlington, VA 22201

Be sure that however you provide comment, you are specific in stating your preferred option for each section of the addendum.

Thank you for your support for menhaden conservation in the Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic coast. Your voice matters.

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Flying for the Future of the Lolo, Part II

An aerial tour over the Lolo National Forest highlights growing interest, collaboration, and momentum surrounding the forest plan revision as it moves closer to a public reveal and the 90-day comment window.

Just after sunrise on a recent summer morning, a group gathered at the airport for the second time in two years to participate in an overflight of the Lolo National Forest. Hosted by EcoFlight, a nonprofit organization that uses small aircraft to help people better understand conservation issues, landscapes, and communities, the event included significantly more participants than the previous year, reflecting a growing interest in the ongoing Lolo National Forest Plan Revision as the Draft Plan and the DEIS move closer to public release in the late summer of 2026.

From the window of the six-seat Cessna, this small corner of the 2.3 million acre Lolo National Forest in western Montana’s Rocky Mountains revealed itself in a way no computer screen can replicate. Rugged ridgelines stretched toward the horizon, eventually giving way to the snow-covered shoulders of Lolo Peak. Each gentle turn of the aircraft and dip of the wing offered a new perspective on the landscape below. Narrow creek bottoms converged into the broad ribbon of the Clark Fork River, illustrating just how interconnected this landscape truly is.

Clark Fork River, I-90. Courtesy of EcoFlight

The Lolo National Forest faces growing challenges, including larger and more severe wildfires, increasing recreation pressure, and the need to maintain secure wildlife habitat. Areas such as Marshall Mountain, Woody Mountain, and the Fish Creek landscape illustrate how recreation use can overlap with important big game winter range and security habitat, while future road development and travel planning in traditionally backcountry areas will require careful consideration. The upcoming and revised Land Management Plan will help guide how these challenges are addressed, balancing habitat, clean water, recreation opportunities, forest products, and the economic benefits that support local communities. From the air, participants could see examples of this work already underway near Missoula, Frenchtown, Alberton, Superior, and Lolo, where forest management projects are helping reduce wildfire risk, improve watershed health, and build more resilient forests and communities.

“You can learn about an area on the ground, but an aerial view really helps connect the dots,” said Chet Crowser, Missoula County’s Chief Lands and Communities Officer. “Seeing wildlife habitat, recreation areas, forest management projects, and nearby communities all in the same view reinforces just how important it is to approach these issues collaboratively.“

TRCP’s mission is to ensure all Americans have access to quality places to hunt and fish, and that commitment fuels our active role in forest plan revisions. We work closely with partners and the forest’s planning team to keep wildlife habitat, public access, healthy communities, and resilient forests at the center of future management decisions. The flight’s passengers represented local governments, conservation organizations, sporting groups, journalists, community leaders, and the next generation of public land users, all of whom have deep interest in keeping the Lolo National Forest working as intended.

A bird’s eye view of forest planning

This marked the second consecutive year that the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) coordinated an overflight of the Lolo National Forest. In addition to seeing the landscape from above, the flight provided participants with a shared view of the opportunities and challenges that will help shape the upcoming Lolo Land Management Plan Revision. Seeing wildlife habitat, recreation areas, active forest management projects, and nearby communities in the same frame reinforced the importance of thoughtful, collaborative planning for the forest’s future.

National Forest Access Roads, Timber Operations in the Lolo National Forest. Courtesy of EcoFlight.

The Draft Land Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) are expected to be published in early fall, beginning a 90-day public comment period. On the morning of the flights, Lolo National Forest Supervisor Ben Johnson joined participants on the ground to learn firsthand what’s important to them about the Lolo National Forest.

Recognizing the importance of coordinated engagement and diverse interests in the forest, TRCP has convened and continues to lead a Lolo Forest Plan Revision Collaborative that includes conservation organizations, sporting groups, wildlife advocates, local partners, and other stakeholders interested in the future of the forest. Many of this year’s flight participants are active members of the collaborative.

The Lolo from the Air

After coffee, conversation and pastries, the flights began. As the aircraft crossed the greater Missoula area and entered the airspace of the Lolo, the bigger picture of the forest came into focus. Participants viewed the wildlife movement corridor of the proposed Sixmile underpass on Interstate 90 that would connect the large ecosystems of the Northern Continental Divide and the Greater Bitterroots, an important connection point in western Montana. Conversations in the air focused on wildlife movement and habitat connectivity, which are major themes that many conservationists hope to see in the new land use plan for the Lolo.

“Seeing our landscapes from the air is so fascinating! The views (even with the smoke), the conversations in the plane, getting disoriented and then reoriented… it all highlighted how people share a love for the land and for our communities. It’s inspiring to see how connected we all are. Working across boundaries is really important to successful stewardship and the flight gave us a whole new perspective on building those cross-boundary connections,” said Cindy Super, Forestry & Prescribed Fire Coordinator for the Blackfoot Challenge.

I-90, Clark Fork River, Near Tarkio, MT. Courtesy of EcoFlight

Farther west, participants observed portions of the Sawmill-Petty landscape, where active forest management projects illustrated how forest health, wildlife habitat, local jobs, and community resilience are often interconnected. From above, the patchwork of timber harvest projects from the Sawmill-Petty projects that support local economies in communities like Alberton and St. Regis spread out like a quilt. These projects both create and sustain jobs while also improving big game forage and habitat by allowing sunlight to reach the vegetation beneath the forest canopy.

A topic that surfaced throughout the morning was balancing growing recreation use with the needs of wildlife habitat and security. In several areas, participants observed how recreation destinations, like the Fish Creek area, overlap with important habitat, reinforcing the need for thoughtful management that supports both conservation and recreation.

The flight also highlighted proactive forest management near communities, where fuel reduction and mining restoration projects are improving overall forest health and reducing wildfire risk. Resilient watersheds, forests and healthy communities go hand in hand.

“The Lolo has been a tremendous partner in restoration efforts like the work in the Ninemile watershed,” said Jeff Lukas of Trout Unlimited. “From the air, you can see how connected these landscapes really are. It reinforces why long-term collaboration is so important for improving habitat, protecting water quality, and making sure these places continue to benefit fish, wildlife, and local communities.”

A 10,000 foot view of our forest’s future

As our plane descended towards the Missoula International Airport, I thought of one of my grandpa’s favorite sayings. “You can’t land on a runway that’s behind you,” he would say with a chuckle. He understood that aphorism firsthand. He flew during World War II and later owned a small plane, often taking us grandkids on flights over the Ohio countryside. Those are some of my fondest memories.

Looking back, I realize his saying wasn’t really about flying. It was about the importance of looking ahead. Forest planning is much the same way.

National Forest Access Roads, Timber Operations in the Lolo National Forest. Courtesy EcoFlight.

What stood out to me most was that interest in the Lolo’s future is gaining altitude. By the time the planes touched down on the tarmac, it was clear that more people than ever are committed to helping chart the course for one of western Montana’s greatest public resources.

As the Lolo National Forest Plan Revision moves toward its public release of the Draft Plan and DEIS, TRCP will continue working with partners, community leaders, and agency staff to ensure that hunters, anglers, and all who value these public lands have a strong voice in the process. Stay tuned to TRCP channels for updates, opportunities to learn more, and your chance to weigh in once the 90‑day comment period opens.

Like we said after last year’s flight, if you’re a hunter, angler, or anyone who values Montana’s public lands, this plan will impact you. It’s up to us to shape how the Lolo is managed for decades to come, so let’s ensure the plan revision reflects the values we hold dear: thriving wildlife habitat and connectivity across the landscape, clean and cold water, and sustainable uses that support hunting, fishing, and our local economies.

For more information, check out the Lolo National Forest Land Management Plan Revision Hub.

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TRCP Brings Hunter and Angler Priorities to Western Energy Initiative

How TRCP is working to meet the West’s energy needs without sacrificing hunting and fishing traditions

The Western Governors’ Association spent the past year examining how Western states can expand energy production, transmission and storage – an effort led by Utah Governor Spencer Cox and branded Energy Superabundance: Unlocking Prosperity in the West. The yearlong initiative included workshops, surveys, and webinars, bringing together policy makers, industry leaders, and conservation organizations from across the West. Energy infrastructure and public lands access aren’t separate issues in the West – the same landscapes that support energy transmission infrastructure and mineral development also hold migration corridors, cold water streams, and hunting grounds that define the region’s outdoor traditions.

The report presents federal policy recommendations to help plan, finance, develop, and deploy energy projects across the West, and includes several key policy recommendations provided by TRCP throughout the initiative, one example being: Madeleine West, TRCP’s vice president of western conservation, participated in the Siting Considerations for Energy Development panel during the WGA workshop held in Pheonix, Arizona. Over the course of the initiative, West, along with McKay Fleck, TRCP’s energy policy advisor, worked with partners to bring together defensible policy recommendations that avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts to fish and wildlife while still meeting America’s growing energy demands – and account for hunting and fishing access and habitat connectivity from the start, not as an afterthought.

The Energy Superabundance Report echoes several of TRCP’s energy siting recommendations to the federal government. It calls for building transmission lines in already disturbed rights-of-way and siting energy development in brownfields, aiming to keep new projects out of the wildlife habitat that hunters and anglers depend on. The report also backs data driven planning, reinforcing that the best available science should guide durable energy siting policy to ensure responsible energy development.

Special consideration was given to the mining of critical minerals, and building reliable domestic energy will require expanding critical mineral production, processing, and manufacturing, while also recognizing the importance of protections for state equities, tribal interests, hunting and angling, and the environment. Half of all the known critical minerals deposits in the U.S. are upstream of valuable trout and salmon habitat, such as the Wild and Scenic Illinois River in Oregon, or the Pecos River watershed in New Mexico. The WGA report highlights the need to bolster domestic mineral supply chains by expanding our ability to process, refine, and recycle existing ore. Making better use of resources we’ve already extracted means less pressure to open new mines in the sensitive watersheds that hunters and anglers rely on. Western governors and conservation organizations alike agree that energy and outdoor recreation can work simultaneously to build a thriving western economy while retaining the robust wildlife populations and outdoor recreation opportunities that make the west unique in the first place.

Hunters and anglers depend on healthy, connected habitat and reliable access to public land, so how and where energy development happens directly affects the future of those hunting traditions. TRCP has long been a leader in advancing responsible energy siting policy and convenes partners and stakeholders in the hunt-fish community to build scientifically supported policy recommendations to ensure hunting and fishing traditions and outdoor recreation economies continue to thrive as energy demands are met.

This includes the Energy Development & Land Use: Fish & Wildlife Platform developed by TRCP and 21 other hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations; the Wildlife for the 21st Century, Volume VII (W-21) recommendations published by the American Wildlife Conservation Partners, the nation’s top 52 sporting-conservation organizations; the Critical Minerals: A Hunting and Fishing Perspective report, developed jointly by Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, The Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, and the TRCP; and TRCP’s solar siting guidelines which summarize emerging science to inform the siting of solar energy facilities in a manner that avoids, minimizes, and mitigates impacts to big game and their habitats. These efforts share a common goal, ensuring the West can meet its energy needs without sacrificing the fish, wildlife, and public access that hunters and anglers depend on.

Learn more about energy, critical minerals, & your hunting and fishing opportunities HERE

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