Refuge Hunting Rule Is Live, and It Scraps the Nine-Refuge Lead Ban
Refuge hunting access just hit a record 92 million acres under the 2026 final rule. See what changed and how to check your station before opening day.
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The Non-Lead Rule for 9 Refuges Was Rescinded One Day Before It Started
The lead ammo ban takes effect September 1, 2026 on eight national wildlife refuges. See which refuges, what Congress is doing, and how to switch loads.
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Federal Hunting Access Expansion Is Final: 1,450 New Refuge Opportunities
The USFWS proposed the largest federal hunting access expansion in its history. See what opens, the lead-ammo reversal, and how to comment by June 26.
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Mixed Messages: Hunting to Expand on National Wildlife Refuges
As outdoorsmen, we’re getting some mixed messages from D.C. here … Just a couple of months ago, we learned that the Bureau of Land Management had–perhaps somewhat prematurely–announced that it intends to end recreational shooting at the Sonoran Desert National Monument. What was particularly strange about this event was that there really wasn’t any justification…
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What’s Killing Florida’s Manatees?
The year 2021 has been tough on Florida’s manatees, with approximately 1,000 mortalities. One thousand manatee mortalities may not sound like all that much, but the “sea cow” is endangered and these losses are bitter. It’s enough, in fact, to refer to what’s happened to Florida’s manatees this year as an Unusual Mortality Event, or…
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Unions, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Join Forces For Conservation
What happens when trade unions and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) come together for conservation? From past joint operations, it seems what we get is lots of hard work from people who know the meaning of hard work, and lots of science-driven biome best practices from the people who know the meaning of…
