Reconciliation bill puts habitat and hunting on the chopping block

Reconciliation bill puts habitat and hunting on the chopping block

Pine trees in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Empire, Colorado, on June 19, 2020. (Lance Cheung/USDA/Public domain)As nearly everyone who hunts, hikes, camps, climbs, paddles or otherwise recreates on public lands knows well, during the first half of 2025 we fended off repeated attempts to put public lands on the chopping block, selling them off to the highest bidder. In the words of American Hunters & Anglers co chair Land Tawney, “…