![Biologists Capture and Tag 220 Pound Endangered Sturgeon in Hudson River Biologists Capture and Tag 220 Pound Endangered Sturgeon in Hudson River](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/07/02/DEC-sturegon.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
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![Biologists Capture and Tag 220 Pound Endangered Sturgeon in Hudson River Biologists Capture and Tag 220 Pound Endangered Sturgeon in Hudson River](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/07/02/DEC-sturegon.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
![California Moves to List White Sturgeon, Temporaliy Closing the Fishing Season California Moves to List White Sturgeon, Temporaliy Closing the Fishing Season](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/06/24/Untitled-design-2.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
California Moves to List White Sturgeon, Temporaliy Closing the Fishing Season
![IGFA Adds 7 New Bass Species in Record-Keeping System Shakeup IGFA Adds 7 New Bass Species in Record-Keeping System Shakeup](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/06/18/Bass_merge.-no-labels-1024x479-1.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
IGFA Adds 7 New Bass Species in Record-Keeping System Shakeup
![Texas Angler Catches Extremely Rare All-Black Gar Texas Angler Catches Extremely Rare All-Black Gar](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/05/31/Untitled-design.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Texas Angler Catches Extremely Rare All-Black Gar
![Don’t Call Them Snakeheads in Maryland. They Are Now Chesapeake Channas Don’t Call Them Snakeheads in Maryland. They Are Now Chesapeake Channas](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2023/01/25/IMG_3724-copy-scaled.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Don’t Call Them Snakeheads in Maryland. They Are Now Chesapeake Channas
![Mining Company Out of Canada Says it Will Continue to Explore Bitterroot River Headwaters for Rare Earth Metals Mining Company Out of Canada Says it Will Continue to Explore Bitterroot River Headwaters for Rare Earth Metals](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/05/07/west-fork-2.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Mining Company Out of Canada Says it Will Continue to Explore Bitterroot River Headwaters for Rare Earth Metals
![New York Poachers Busted After Hiding Striped Bass Under Sand and in Traffic Cones New York Poachers Busted After Hiding Striped Bass Under Sand and in Traffic Cones](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/05/07/striper-bust.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
New York Poachers Busted After Hiding Striped Bass Under Sand and in Traffic Cones
![Wardens Seize 49 Protected Trout and 86 Spiny Lobsters from Poachers in Southern California Wardens Seize 49 Protected Trout and 86 Spiny Lobsters from Poachers in Southern California](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/30/lobsters-trout.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Wardens Seize 49 Protected Trout and 86 Spiny Lobsters from Poachers in Southern California
![Oregon Man Breaks Into Hatchery, Poisons Nearly 20,000 Chinook Salmon Smolt with Bleach Oregon Man Breaks Into Hatchery, Poisons Nearly 20,000 Chinook Salmon Smolt with Bleach](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/29/poisoned-smolts.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Oregon Man Breaks Into Hatchery, Poisons Nearly 20,000 Chinook Salmon Smolt with Bleach
![Minnesota Bill Would Reverse Long-Sought Protections for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Minnesota Bill Would Reverse Long-Sought Protections for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/25/Boundary-Waters-Buck.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Minnesota Bill Would Reverse Long-Sought Protections for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
![California Cancels Salmon Season for Second Consecutive Year California Cancels Salmon Season for Second Consecutive Year](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/23/ca-ocean-salmon.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
California Cancels Salmon Season for Second Consecutive Year
![New Rule Will Change the Way the Federal Government Manages 245 Million Acres of Public Land New Rule Will Change the Way the Federal Government Manages 245 Million Acres of Public Land](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/22/BLM-file-photo.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
New Rule Will Change the Way the Federal Government Manages 245 Million Acres of Public Land
![Feds to Deny Permit for Proposed Mining Road Through Alaska’s Famed Brooks Range Feds to Deny Permit for Proposed Mining Road Through Alaska’s Famed Brooks Range](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/19/brooks-range-moose.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Feds to Deny Permit for Proposed Mining Road Through Alaska’s Famed Brooks Range
![Oregon River Sees Best Steelhead Run in 20 Years Oregon River Sees Best Steelhead Run in 20 Years](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/18/steelhead.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
Oregon River Sees Best Steelhead Run in 20 Years
![An Oregon Tanker Truck Carrying More Than 100,000 Hatchery Salmon Crashed Into the Wrong River An Oregon Tanker Truck Carrying More Than 100,000 Hatchery Salmon Crashed Into the Wrong River](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/04/04/salmon-spill.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)
An Oregon Tanker Truck Carrying More Than 100,000 Hatchery Salmon Crashed Into the Wrong River
![A Pristine Georgia Wildlife Refuge is Under Fire A Pristine Georgia Wildlife Refuge is Under Fire](https://www.fieldandstream.com/uploads/2024/03/29/Okefenokee-Swamp.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&crop=2:1&width=765)