A Senate commityee plans to vote on key legislation on Wednesday (6/17) to address deferred maintenance on federal land and improve public access for hunting and fishing. rmef.org/take-action/#/bills…

More than two years in the making, an RMEF-led project now conserves 23,000 acres of crucial habitat for elk, mule deer and other wildlife in Elko County, Nevada. And as narrator Remi Warren notes in this final episode of “A Win for Windermere,” the Windermere Hills project also opens and improves access for hunting and other outdoor recreation. The access easement, managed by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), provides new or improved access to 47,000 acres of checkerboard private and public land. Commitment and cooperation from RMEF, a conservation-minded landowner, NDOW and other partners not only protects vital habitat for the second-largest mule deer herd in Nevada, but also solves a complicated access problem for hunters. That’s a win-win. 47,000 acres of public access because of support from RMEF members and supporters. Join the mission at rmef.org/windermere

👏Newly introduced legislation addresses a backlog of deferred maintenance on America’s federal lands, while promoting public access for hunting and fishing. hunt2conserve.org/news/13641…

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Articles like this are meant to you blackpill because we are “chopping down trees in Yellowstone.” But don’t worry this is completely fake. First, it’s meant to panic you about timber extraction when the National Forests were created in the 1890s for timber and watersheds. The Multiple Use mandate (a law passed in the 1960s) requires we manage American national forests for co-equal purposes: outdoor recreation, timber, grazing, watersheds, fish and wildlife. This means one “use” under the multiple use framework cannot, by law, preclude the others. Timber harvest under multiple use should be a source of American pride in conservation. Multiple use is a uniquely American innovation that gives many different types of people and businesses real skin-in-the-game in public land conservation. The 2026 Forest Service is pretty great at balancing conservation science, outdoor recreation, and extraction based livelihoods. Funny enough, despite what the article is trying to mislead you into thinking, the planned clearcut isn’t really even for timber, it’s mainly to remove dead down trees caused by insects/disease to prevent wildfire. The Biden era emergency declaration they’re using to speed this fire mitigation up is to prevent endless lawsuits from crazy NGOs that make management next to impossible. The proposed Bear Palmer project is less than 1 percent of the 3 million acre Custer Gallatin National Forest. It’s a tiny, localized vegetation removal project. The type of clearcut proposed here *sounds* bad to people who know nothing of Mountain West forests, but it’s well within the Custer Gallatin’s own Biden-era 2022 management plan. Forest management plans are documents that take years of science, manager, and public input to establish a sustainable management strategy including vegetation and timber plans. The management plan itself says a clearcut like this is the ideal path to regeneration for species like lodegpole pine because these trees are shade intolerant, meaning they need sunlight. So regeneration is best after what’s called a “stand replacing disturbance” or a clearcut. Bear Palmer is a prioritized stand because there is a lot of deadfall due to insect issues or big wildfire risks. Beyond all that, no clearcut happens without an additional NEPA and special assessments of wildlife, old growth, listed species like griz, and so on, beyond the requirements of their own plan. You can read hundreds of pages of these assessments on their website today. Clearcutting is literally *the* preferred regeneration method for lodegpole to reduce wildfire risk and disease within the forest’s own plan and meet ecological objectives for regrowth! It’s just crazy to me that supposedly environment focused publications can miss the mark so egregiously. Whose interests are served by making the American people think the Forest Service is bad at managing trees/wildlife?! It’s actually, in terms of its science and management plans, really good at that. I was so astounded by how terrible this article was that I had to look into the author, who is an “award winning Bangladeshi journalist” who recently moved here to do a degree in journalism at the University of Montana. Maybe before writing an article so strangely out of touch with the way we manage national forests like the Custer Gallatin this guy should probably learn a little more about the American system? Who funds the demoralization propaganda website Inside Climate News? Of course it’s the same opaque network of foundations (Ford, MacArthur, Rockefeller) pushing climate extremist degrowth nonsense everywhere else. Only in America do massive foundations push panic agitprop to undermine our own public land agencies/demoralize Americans about our national forest system written by people who got here 5 minutes ago.

A new potential ballot initiative in Colorado seeks to protect hunting and fishing while another in Oregon seeks to outlaw them. The latest⤵️

Most people have never heard of a water guzzler, but out in Utah's high country they're a lifeline for wildlife that have no other source of water for miles. Last summer, RMEF volunteers installed two more 1,800-gallon guzzlers in Fishlake National Forest, seeding the ground, stringing the fence, and doing the unglamorous work that keeps big game country healthy. These newly installed guzzlers will make five and six in this area. They sit two miles apart. The environmental impact is undeniable; trail cameras at our previous sites capture elk, deer, moose and a variety of bird species coming for life-saving water. Witness the impact. The full film “Desert Water” is now live on our YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/EE-qyZH3wEA Partnered with @lacrosse1897

North Dakota has 39,100 deer licenses available to 2026 hunters, down 3,200 from 2025, the lowest total in a half century. Conservative license allocations are intended to maintain hunting opportunities while encouraging population growth in the state.➡️gf.nd.gov/news/9228

🚨BREAKING🚨 Why this man is the most dangerous in Oregon. His potential ballot initiative is closer to making hunting, fishing, raising cattle and poultry for food, and pest control against the law.➡️hunt2conserve.org/news/13634…

Our forests are ailing. The Fix Our Forests Act will allow backed-up projects to move forward to better protect public safety, mitigate the risk of wildfire and improve wildlife habitat. @SenMikeLee @SenateGOP @SenateDems

Talking mission priorities, hunting and shooting clay pigeons with @CongressmanGT and @RepJeffCrank at the @HuntersandAngler Congressional Shootout in Maryland.

“If you care about conservation, the largest donors to American conservation are hunters & anglers. I’m not talking about billionaires. I'm talking about people that shop at @BassProShops, people that contribute to conservation groups, like @DeltaWaterfowl, Pheasants Forever, RMEF - the average American that is working & hunting & fishing on the land.” - @SecretaryBurgum

Science firmly supports the Fix Our Forests Act. Here’s how: hunt2conserve.org/news/13626… H2C urges @SenateDems & @SenateGOP to schedule a vote and pass it.

🚨Victory in Denver!🚨 BREAKING: Two @CoParksWildlife Commission nominees, under fire for not supporting hunting and wildlife management, withdrew immediately prior to their scheduled confirmation votes in the Colorado Senate. Details➡️hunt2conserve.org/news/13624… #copolitics

Wolf populations hit all-time, modern-day highs in both Oregon and Washington. H2C maintains that state wildlife agencies should be able to sustainably manage all wolves.➡️hunt2conserve.org/news/13623…

Largest wildlife overpass in North America saving lives of people and animals trib.al/9y0O9se

Colorado legislature is hearing a bill today to ban beaver hunting and trapping on state public lands. Say they are doing so to fight forest fires. Supporting Fix Our Forests Act would actually address fire and habitat.

🤔A proposed New Jersey bill will make it legal for people ages 18 to possess bear spray. Personal defense restrictions currently make it against the law.➡️hunt2conserve.org/issues#/bi… (Photo credit: Phil Burkhouse)

Governor Polis will appoint him to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission if this Senate thing doesn’t work out.

🚨🚨"The @COParksWildlife Commission ignored the recommendations of its scientific staff & approved a petition that will lead to rulemaking to ban the sale & trade of fur. (more in comments)