Conservation

That mule deer in your yard might be 250 miles away by winter. This herd set one of the longest migrations on record.

Only two of eighteen grad students had ever worn waders. See how Five Oaks is closing that gap in the Mississippi Delta.

TRCP found 16 million acres of public land locked away with no way in. Here's how they're opening it back up.

A Folds of Honor scholarship sent Kyle Engel to Montana's top wildlife biology program. Here's how his dad shaped that path.

Snow geese get blamed for stripping fields bare. Here's the complicated truth behind the conservation hunt.

Rachel Ahtila's mum had one rule: 'Don't peak, my dear. Always make tomorrow better than today.' See what other moms taught.

150,895 acres improved so far toward NWTF's 1-million-acre goal. See how prescribed fire is bringing turkey habitat back.

A 2016 algae crisis turned Florida fishing guide Chris Wittman into a clean-water activist. Hear how it started.

A proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule threatens habitat along Oregon's Rogue River, one of the West's richest salmon runs.

Two buddies called in a Yucatan ocellated turkey, then turned its feathers into a fly built to fool permit.

Veterans traded their old mission for a new one: rebuilding the Chesapeake Bay's oyster reefs, shell by shell.

Chris Bee tagged his first buck at 10 and never stopped. See how that led him to owning his own Iowa whitetail ground.

Get the story of how a relocated bison herd and Kodiak's grizzlies learned to share the island.

Spearfishing at 3 a.m., grilling octopus at sunset: go inside a Big Island trip that became a lesson in community.

In the self-proclaimed duck capital of the world, one 6,000-acre property is fighting to save the flooded timber ducks need.

Turkeys for Tomorrow's Jason Lupardus explains why wild turkey habitat is disappearing again, and what hunters can do.

An Alaska hunter reckons with being a climate advocate who flies to work and guides heli-skiing. Here's how he squares it.

One mountain hunter found his off-season fix on a sailboat. See how sailing and hunting scratch the same itch.

See the black-and-white waterfowl shot that took home DIVERGE 12's grand prize, plus 6 category winners.

A custom guitar auction with Thomas Rhett funded new GPS tracking research on ducks across three major flyways.

Farmers in California's Central Valley are rescuing wild duck eggs from their fields before the harvest comes through.

A Whitetail Properties agent buys 40 acres in southern Iowa and learns what it really means to own land, and to work it.

A writer joins a controlled burn with the Wild Turkey Federation, torching Michigan grassland to restore vanishing habitat.

Mature bucks move in daylight near cover. Matt Dye explains how edge feathering gets them moving past your stand.

Turkeys for Tomorrow's Chase Grubbs explains why wild turkey numbers are dropping again, and what's driving the decline.

Justin Lee wants his kids to grow up wild and free like he did. Meet the Hawaii conservationist, fisherman, and hunter.

Cutting weed trees and adding fire can boost deer forage 500%. Learn the technique that builds habitat, not just plots.

A study found 45% of hens nested in just 7.5% of the landscape. Here's how to build the cover that gets them nesting.

A year after a controlled burn, a Tom walks straight into range. See how prescribed fire is restoring Michigan's oak savanna.

Photographer Joe Riis spent 6 years capturing mule deer and elk migrations. See how his images reshaped wildlife policy.

A career chef explains how his obsession with nose-to-tail butchery led him from professional kitchens into the backcountry.

SITKA helped secure permanent public access to the 18.9-mile Bridger Ridge Trail outside Bozeman, visible from our HQ.

SITKA is fully funding four graduate scholarships in waterfowl habitat management, including hands-on mallard banding.

Wild turkey poults get 90% of protein from insects that show up after prescribed fire. See how Michigan brings them back.

Wild pigs have no season and no bag limit. One hunter explains why that makes them worth pursuing.

A 1.1-million-acre wilderness with 1,175 lakes and zero roads is under threat from copper mining. Meet its defenders.

Pro surfer Mark Healey treks into Maui's mountains to hunt invasive axis deer, calling it the last punk rock thing left.

From grizzly bear GPS collars to salmonflies, see how SITKA-funded MSU grad students tackle Montana's wildlife questions.

A SITKA Ecosystem Grant helped protect 160 acres at Middle Cottonwood, land the team can see from their own office windows.

A SITKA grant is helping Bozeman's volunteer Trail Crew keep the local trail system rideable and hikeable for everyone.

A solo hunt through Nevada's high desert becomes a lesson in being part of the ecosystem, not separate from it.

Chronic Wasting Disease has no cure and is spreading through deer herds. A top biologist explains what it means for hunters.

A Missouri farmer explains why hunting success and a healthy crop come from the same hard work, and the buck that proved it.

Connor Gabbott stalks Montana antelope on foot through 100-degree heat, crawling open flats to get into range.

Mule deer numbers are down 30% since 1970. SITKA-funded researchers are tracking migration corridors to find out why.

Meet the Montana nonprofit using a SITKA grant to send teens on 10-day backcountry hunting expeditions for free.

SITKA ambassadors share Father's Day lessons that shaped them, from a buck their dad wouldn't shoot to a quiet goose blind.

SITKA funds native cypress trees to fight erosion in the Mississippi Delta as a football field vanishes every 100 minutes.

A Montana guide turns shed antlers into salt shakers and sculptures, and says shed hunting is how he learns the land.

Shoulder hump, claw length, face shape: learn the field checks that separate a black bear from a grizzly before you shoot.

A biologist has banded nearly 11,000 mallards in Arkansas' green timber, reshaping how hunters protect duck habitat.

A land specialist breaks down hinge cutting and timber stand improvement, techniques that turn your land into a buck magnet.

SITKA's conservation work goes past writing checks. Its team gets its hands dirty on the ground from the Rockies to Hawaii.

In 1962, Utah became the first state where Tundra Swans could be legally hunted since the passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In 1983, due to the significant increase in population, the Pacific Flyway prepared a long-term management plan for the western population of Tundra Swans.

Clay and Field Hudnall's own hard lessons outdoors are what they now pass down hunting with their kids.

Amid a bighorn depopulation hunt in Montana's Tendoys, a bowhunter closes a 50-yard shot after two days of near-misses.

Filmed over six seasons and 200 hours, Jason Matzinger's PROJECTELK captures the sound and feel of elk to spark conservation.

Ducks Unlimited just released a new video about the importance of balance. Sitka Pro Staff Members Joel Yeldell and Eric Massey talk about balancing everyday life, chasing birds and protecting waterfowl.

Three words, two men, one marsh: 'Smoke and Feathers.'

The story of Sitka Athlete Adam Foss: 2013 archery Dall sheep hunt in Alaska's Chugach Range.

Sitka Athletes Tom, Cameron, and Adam Foss chase desert sheep and help spearhead a conservation effort along the way.