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Katie Hill
Katie Hill is a freelance outdoor journalist, writer, and editor. She is a former assistant editor for MeatEater and a former staff writer for Outdoor Life. Her work has also appeared in High Country News, Modern Huntsman, Modern Farmer, and other outlets. She has an M.A. from the University of Montana’s Environmental Science and Natural Resources Journalism program.
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Public Lands & Waters
What to Know About Michael Boren, Trump’s Nominee for Forest Service Leadership
Wildfire, workforce reductions, and the timber economy dominated USDA undersecretary nominee and Clearwater Analytics co-founder Michael Boren’s nomination hearing in the Senate Ag committee on June 3. But beyond the hearing room, conversations swirled about the Idaho businessman’s confrontational...
Katie Hill
Jun 13, 2025
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Public Lands & Waters
Will These Republicans Break With Their Party Over Public Lands?
In the midnight hour on May 6, the House Natural Resources Committee passed their portion of the GOP’s “big, beautiful” budget bill, complete with an amendment calling for the sale of what could become tens of thousands of acres of federal lands in Western states. It was the only amendment of over...
Katie Hill
May 9, 2025
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Wildlife Management
The Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Might End the Same Way it Started — with a Ballot Initiative
A proposed ballot initiative to sunset Colorado’s wolf reintroduction by Dec. 31, 2026, cleared the Colorado Secretary of State’s Title Board on Feb. 19, paving the way once again for voters to decide the future of gray wolves across the state — a practice that the hunting community has widely...
Katie Hill
Feb 26, 2025
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Wildlife Management
A Collaborative Elk Restoration Is in the Works for Minnesota
Wildlife managers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are working together to restore elk to the prairie-forest transition zones of northeastern Minnesota. The Northeast Omashkooz (elk) Restoration and Management Plan will be...
Katie Hill
Feb 13, 2025
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