This one’s interesting. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is pushing a plan to expand hunting access across the state and she’s not pitching it as tradition or conservation. She’s calling it public health policy, per Boston 25 News. The announcement comes as the state deals with two growing problems: more deer… and more issues tied to them. State data shows car crashes involving deer are up roughly 51% over the past decade, and last year alone saw more than 11,000 reported cases of tick-borne illnesses. And it’s not just Lyme disease anymore. Officials say newer, more complex tick-related conditions are on…

The United States ruling class has pressured satellite imaging company Planet Labs to stop publishing photos of the war in the Middle East. Planet Labs agreed to the censorship request, saying that no photos after March 9th will be shared. A Story of Censorship – Starting in the 1970s This agreement will last until the war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran is officially over. The proprietary imagery captured and shared by Planet Labs has already been widely used by journalists and open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysts to verify strikes and damage on both sides of the war. These included sites…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More From a bike camping trip wrought with unyielding rain in Northwest Arkansas to a 40-mile tour through New York City’s five boroughs, the “We Are Cyclists” video captures the heart and soul of an ethos that has grown into a movement. The “We Are Cyclists” film is a follow-up to its coverage of the All Bodies on Bikes story. Since then, the thriving nonprofit has grown to 14 chapters across the United States. As the name of the project implies, the film showcases the…

Pam Bondi is out as Attorney General, and Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon is allegedly set to receive a promotion to Associate AG; the third highest ranking official in the Department of Justice. If that happens, the Civil Rights Division will need a new chief, and there’s no guarantee that it will be someone as intent on using the division to challenge state and local gun control laws as Dhillon has been.  My nightmare scenario: Trump names current U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C Jeanine Pirro as Dhillon’s replacement… or worse, as his next Attorney General. Pirro has…

Big move out of D.C. for hunters and anglers. The U.S. House just passed the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at keeping traditional ammo and tackle in play on public lands and protecting the funding that comes with it. The National Shooting Sports Foundation is calling it a major win. And honestly, it’s not hard to see why. At the center of the bill is a pretty straightforward idea: before the government bans lead ammo or fishing tackle, it has to prove (using site-specific, peer-reviewed science) that it’s actually harming wildlife populations. No assumptions.…

When an unimaginable situation suddenly becomes real, it’s easy to understand proper protection. Seeing is believing, especially when it comes to carrying pepper spray — and actually putting it to critical use in the field. And when Curtis Matwishyn saw a black bear in Saskatchewan’s Waskesiu–Prince Albert National Park, he certainly became a believer. Matwishyn, a wildland firefighter and nature photographer, first spotted the young bear 100 yards off a trail and began snapping some photos. When the bear followed him down the trail and then off it (in his attempts to evade), Matwishyn put down his camera and began…