Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

Falling prices, rising costs, and anti-fur sentiment jeopardize a centuries-old way of life. “Trapping is a huge part of my life,” says Nathan Kogiak, who runs a trapline outside Yellowknife in Canada ...