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Who Wins When Hunting Ground Goes Private? A Hard Look at Land Leasing

Who Wins When Hunting Ground Goes Private? A Ha...

The reality is more complex. Leasing doesn't just affect the guy with the lease check and the farmer cashing it. It ripples through the entire hunting economy and culture. To...

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Who Wins When Hunting Ground Goes Private? A Ha...

The reality is more complex. Leasing doesn't just affect the guy with the lease check and the farmer cashing it. It ripples through the entire hunting economy and culture. To...

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Justice Denied: How West Virginia's Magistrate Courts Are Failing Our Natural Resources

Justice Denied: How West Virginia's Magistrate ...

Justice Denied: How West Virginia's Magistrate Courts Are Failing Our Natural Resources A disturbing pattern emerges from the state's own enforcement data West Virginia's Natural Resources Police Officers risk their...

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Justice Denied: How West Virginia's Magistrate ...

Justice Denied: How West Virginia's Magistrate Courts Are Failing Our Natural Resources A disturbing pattern emerges from the state's own enforcement data West Virginia's Natural Resources Police Officers risk their...

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Heat Maps: Revolutionary Wildlife Intelligence for Everyone

Heat Maps: Revolutionary Wildlife Intelligence ...

This is what happens when technology serves the outdoor community rather than exploiting it. This is what's possible when data is treated as a public resource rather than a proprietary...

Heat Maps: Revolutionary Wildlife Intelligence ...

This is what happens when technology serves the outdoor community rather than exploiting it. This is what's possible when data is treated as a public resource rather than a proprietary...

Point Restrictions and the Price of Public Trust: West Virginia's Latest Deer Management Debate

Point Restrictions and the Price of Public Trus...

  Point Restrictions and the Price of Public Trust: West Virginia's Latest Deer Management Debate The West Virginia Legislature is considering antler point restrictions on second buck tags, reigniting one...

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Point Restrictions and the Price of Public Trus...

  Point Restrictions and the Price of Public Trust: West Virginia's Latest Deer Management Debate The West Virginia Legislature is considering antler point restrictions on second buck tags, reigniting one...

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The Fence Line Dilemma: What 500+ Hunters Said About Retrieving Game Across Property Lines

The Fence Line Dilemma: What 500+ Hunters Said ...

The photo tells a simple story, but it represents one of hunting's most complex ethical dilemmas: a beautiful buck lies dead, perhaps 20 feet across a property line marked with...

The Fence Line Dilemma: What 500+ Hunters Said ...

The photo tells a simple story, but it represents one of hunting's most complex ethical dilemmas: a beautiful buck lies dead, perhaps 20 feet across a property line marked with...

Four Models for Game Recovery: What New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Teach Us About Building Tracking Systems That Work

Four Models for Game Recovery: What New Hampshi...

Four Models for Game Recovery: What New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Teach Us About Building Tracking Systems That Work After publishing my article on the economics of free versus...

Four Models for Game Recovery: What New Hampshi...

Four Models for Game Recovery: What New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Teach Us About Building Tracking Systems That Work After publishing my article on the economics of free versus...