by Chris Dorsey | Aug 21, 2026
Conservation has a communication problem, and pretending otherwise may be one of the greatest threats to its future. We have extraordinary scientists, experienced land managers, passionate philanthropists, dedicated hunters and anglers, conservation organizations,...
by Chris Dorsey | Aug 17, 2026
America’s wildlife agencies have spent years developing an ambitious program called R3—Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation—designed to persuade more ordinary citizens to hunt and fish. The theory is that agencies should recruit newcomers, retain current sportsmen...
by Chris Dorsey | Aug 12, 2026
Congratulations are apparently due to Argentina, where politicians have discovered a revolutionary new principle of wildlife conservation: If an animal has economic value, make sure it doesn’t. In 2022, Argentina’s Environment Ministry adopted Resolution 133/2022,...
by Chris Dorsey | Jul 31, 2026
The federal government has once again fired up its most reliable engine of public policy: if it ain’t broke, form a working group to figure out whether it can be broken more equitably. This time it’s the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has opened a...
by Chris Dorsey | Jul 29, 2026
Somewhere off the coast of Florida right now, a mako is doing to a sailfish what a wood chipper does to a Christmas tree, and someone in the boat is filming it in vertical video for maximum emotional impact. This has become a genre unto itself. Scroll for ten minutes...
by Chris Dorsey | Jul 22, 2026
If someone asked me which conservation organization I would want standing beside hunters when the next political assault arrives, my answer would be immediate: Safari Club International. That isn’t because SCI is the largest hunting organization or because it...
by Chris Dorsey | Jun 19, 2026
At a time when Americans are wrestling with inflation, national debt, border security, housing costs, energy prices, crime, foreign conflicts, infrastructure failures, as well as the lingering mystery of why airport food requires a small-business loan to purchase,...
by Chris Dorsey | Jun 15, 2026
There is an old rule in politics, business, law enforcement, and virtually every other human enterprise where large sums of money mysteriously change addresses: follow the money. It’s not a complicated rule. In fact, it’s so simple that entire industries...
by Chris Dorsey | Jun 12, 2026
The proposed PEACE Act may be the most unmistakably Portland development in modern American politics: a ballot initiative so detached from practical reality that it sounds less like legislation and more like the product of a group hallucination that occurred during an...
by Chris Dorsey | Jun 8, 2026
NRA Foundation and the Art of the Steal: A Heist So Clever Donors Must Forget Why They Donated America has produced some remarkable business models over the years. Apple convinced millions of people to stand in line overnight to buy phones that were only marginally...
