A.J. DeRosa

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.

The Senate Public Lands Sale - A Breakdown A Deep Look at the Mandatory Sale of Public Lands in the President’s Budget Bill Before the Senate In this episode, AJ and Gabby take a break from their regular programming to discuss the sale of publ...

Here’s the biggest truth bomb: not a single Republican senator on the committee spoke out against the sale of public lands.

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The Death of Nuance - A Letter from the Owners of Project Upland In this Project Upland Magazine letter, co-owners Jennifer Wapenski and AJ DeRosa call for nuance in an era of outrage-driven media.

We commit to defending public lands, scientific research, and conservation policy, regardless of political party. Our longstanding reputation reflects this commitment, even to the detriment of our business, because the future of these birds is more important than our bottom line.

A 140-year-old Woodcock Exposed an Eco Villain How an 1885 dissection unraveled a hidden story about invasive worms and the migration routes of the American woodcock in North America. In 1887, Frederick Webster, a taxidermist from Washington, D.C....

With woodcock researcher Dr. Amber Roth and soil ecologist Dr. Peter Groffman, we learn how eco-engineering by invasive worms has destroyed native landscapes, contributed to the spread of ticks and invasive plants, and more. From woodcock migration during the Ice Age to the tobacco trade.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

The Rescission of the BLM's Public Lands Rule Hurts Conservation The Public Lands Rule put conservation on equal footing with mining, grazing, and other BLM land uses. Then the White House rescinded it.

In 2024, we hit a record high for extracting crude oil on public lands, averaging 13.4 million barrels per day—the highest in history. The PLR and energy coexisted with little issue.

So, why would we do away with the PLR? And why, as a conservation-minded community, are we not angry about it?

On Tuesday, May 6th, the Senate Finance Committee will be holding their only public hearing on the budget. Let them know this budget hurts NH families and they need to do better. #NHPolitics
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If she isn’t responsible enough to train a bird dog, then she isn’t responsible enough to run anything in this country.

New Hampshire farmers believed USDA grants were secure bets. Then, federal funding halted. Maple season was just reaching its peak. Working the final minutes of a 12-hour day, Jeff Moore ambled through the woods of his eighth-generation farm in Loudon and inhaled the serenity of the wildern...

NH farmers are the heart of our supply chains & stewards of our way of life. I've heard from farmers across NH – including Julie Davenson with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NH – about the devastating impact that President Trump’s federal funding freeze is having on their operations.

So...they lied.

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.

Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

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The Designation of National Monuments and Their Impact on Public Lands The origin and history of the Antiquities Act and presidential national monument powers in the United States.

Just getting warmed up.

Trump is the only president with a net negative record on public land protections—and he’s at it again. As a hunter and a member of the working class, this should piss you off.

Act accordingly.

Do not let anyone gaslight you into thinking Republicans are the party of hunting and conservation. The Great American Outdoors Act was not a Republican victory—of the 107 votes against it, 106 were Republicans and one was an Independent. The left has always upheld and created conservation policy.

Next lawsuit:

Dogs vs DOGE

This is their goal. Everything else is bullshit.

USDA hires back all fired workers from past month The department's decision was forced by the MSPB, an independent federal court that focuses on employee complaints. Here's what we know.

This is what happens when you let a billionaire with an axe to grind take his chainsaw to our wildland firefighters. These people defend our homes. They deserve better. They deserve our respect and gratitude. wildfiretoday.com/2025/03/11/u...

No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie.

Today, NH GOP voted to increase your property taxes by $100 MILLION per year to subsidize private education for the wealthy.

#NHDisadvantage #NHPolitics

In this episode, Gabby and AJ talk to Utah-based sage grouse expert Dave Dahlgren. As a sage grouse researcher and biologist, Dave teaches us about huge amounts of habitat sage grouse need to survive and explains human-centric issues impacting their continued existence.

S1E1 Great Basin Sage Grouse - Project Upland Podcast Explore the research of sage grouse and sage habitat in the Great Basin of Utah with Dave Dahlgren, PhD, a leader in sage grouse science.

I’m tired of hunting being associated with Ted Nugent rather than Aldo Leopold. But hunting culture has only itself to blame. The mediocrity of so-called “bipartisanship” perpetuates a narrative for right-wing media while ignoring that it’s all built on progressive policy. I’m working to change that

Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!

Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking

It truly is a wonderful resource. I’ve learned so much there through research in my work.

Defanging the Lacey Act: The Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012 Abstract: Under the Lacey Act, it is a federal offense to import fish, wildlife, or plants “in violation of any foreign law.” Such legislation violates one of the fundamental tenets of Anglo–American ...

The R party has consistently lobbied against the system that made hunting a sustainable model of conservation in America. The industry helped them hijack the narrative. The truth is, its success was built on progressive policy—something they don’t want you to know. Gutting the Lacey Act? Wake up.

And most states, posturing to buy them, fully intend to turn around and sell them privately. They have not been quiet about it.

How Seriously Should We Take the Sale of Federal Lands? Very Seriously, Experts Say There is a major push within the second Trump administration, Congress, and certain Western states to dispose of federal public land. It's a real threat.

This is not a drill. This administration proved itself to be no friend of hunters last time. They say one thing and do another. The consequences of some of these actions would be irreversible and could end a 100-plus-year legacy of hunters advocating for the public trust. Behave accordingly.