An Uncertain Future for Public-Land Bear Hunts Like This One in Montana
Here’s what’s at stake in Montana’s Flathead National Forest if our public lands are managed for short-term financial gain.
Our Public Lands Are Classrooms That Are Too Valuable to Lose
Lessons from a youth hunt in the public lands around Oregon’s Elliott State Forest have a major impact on father and son, but opportunities like this are at risk.
My First Hunt Made Me a Public Lands Believer
A woman’s first mule deer hunt in Oregon takes her from hunting skeptic to #PublicLandsProud convert.
A Bucket List ‘Bout Empty in the Cowboy State
Ambassador Earl DeGroot exemplifies the lure of public lands in Wyoming.
Getting In Close on Public Lands Pronghorns
It’s a privilege to access public lands, but sometimes that means competing for a shot at filling your tag—here’s one story of a successful bowhunt from a blind that almost didn’t happen.
Six Out-Of-Office Replies That’ll Make You Proud to Be a Sportsman
When we’re not working tirelessly to protect our country’s hunting and fishing heritage, we’re outside enjoying it, so leave a message For the next few months, you can expect to get a lot of...
A Conservation Convert Goes Back to School
Our summer intern leaves for the fall semester with a newfound appreciation for habitat conservation, sportsmen’s access, and the outdoor recreation economy After a summer interning for the TRCP in Washington, D.C., I’m headed...
Celebrating Our National Parks: Public Lands Feed the Soul (and Six Hungry Young Men)
Hard-earned fish and forage in a national park that’s far from the crowds Freshman-year procrastination still in full effect, a handful of my closest friends and I picked up the last of our food,...
Celebrating Our National Parks: Students Trade Spring Break Beaches for Park Service Projects
This spring, our policy intern volunteered with a group of other college students to help tackle the NPS’s maintenance backlog across the country—here’s what she learned For many college students, spring break means piling...
A Tour of Grey Towers and the Two Men Who Became Icons of Modern-Day Forestry
On a recent trip to the home of Gifford Pinchot, our conservation policy intern was surprised to learn an intriguing lesson about another conservation visionary—Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was a champion of fish and...
