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December 20, 2015

Land protection credits come under fire in Virginia

Conservation easements that supposedly protect Virginia lands from development are coming under increasing fire for abusive practices.

December 20, 2015

Defense bill hits snag over land swaps, wilderness

Quick passage of a sweeping defense policy bill hit a snag on Wednesday over public lands, dividing Senate Republicans.

December 2, 2015

Dallas group set to auction permit to hunt rhino

Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino.

December 2, 2015

Project could revive deer on reservation land

The sprawling Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian reservation in the western part of North Carolina has been trying for years to bring back a cultural symbol: White-tailed deer.

November 30, 2015

California fire officials using drone to help fight monster Yosemite blaze

Fire commanders battling a giant blaze around Yosemite National Park said Thursday that they would maintain use of a Predator drone to give them early views of any new flare-ups across the remote and rugged landscape..

November 29, 2015

Florida cattle ranchers seek locally grown label

Under the "Fresh From Florida" marketing campaign offered by the state's agriculture officials to stores and consumers, people are encouraged to buy things that are grown and raised in the Sunshine State.

November 29, 2015

Suits claim Love Canal still oozing 35 years later

Thirty-five years after Love Canal's oozing toxic waste scared away a neighborhood and became a symbol of environmental catastrophe, history could be repeating itself.

November 29, 2015

Bloody clothing visible at Oregon cabin where teen killed 2 including foster dad, police say

Michael Piete and his uncle, Kenneth Gilliland, had hunted deer together and with other relatives for years from a remote log cabin in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.

November 28, 2015

Pennsylvania man reportedly bags 772-pound black bear

A Pennsylvania man reportedly bagged the largest recorded black bear of the season when he successfully took it down with two shots fired from his deceased father’s rifle.

November 23, 2015

Hunter sues over alleged fraudulent big game hunt

A big-game hunter from Montana is suing a Canadian outfitter and a world-renowned hunting guide in Tajikistan he accuses of turning his once-in-a-lifetime adventure of bagging a rare, wild argali sheep known as the "Marco Polo" into a nightmare.