At the end of August, nearly a dozen Montana BHA volunteers backpacked into Carpp Lake to complete trail improvements on more than ten miles of trail. Our crew arrived and set up at basecamp early Friday afternoon. After a bit of rain, we headed out to build rock cairns to help mark the difficult-to-follow fire-scorched stretches of Warren Pass trail. Back at camp Friday night we sat around the fire, waiting for our foil-wrapped dinner to cook. Lots of belly laughs and good stories of public ...

Over the weekend of August 12-14, in partnership with the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, 6 MT BHA volunteers ventured into the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness with picks, shovels, saws and Pulaski's. Under the direction of Josh Lattin from the Pintler Ranger District the group left basecamp at upper Carpp Creek trailhead and made our way past Carpp Lake on the Hi Line Trail towards Tamarack Lake. At Mile 5, we started our work of clearing trail of loose rock and debris, digging out water ...

July 12, 2022   Governor Gianforte Attorney General Knudsen Commissioner Downing Secretary of State Jacobsen Superintendent Arntzen   CC: Secretary Christensen   landboard@mt.gov   RE: Willow Creek Acquisition   Members of the Montana Land Board, The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers submits this comment in support of the proposed Willow Creek acquisition adjacent to the Mt. Haggin Wildlife Management Area. The Montana Chapter’s nearly 3,000 dues-paying members have a keen ...

March 7, 2022 Amanda James, Field ManagerBLM Dillon Field Office1005 Selway DriveDillon, MT 59725 Re: Comments on BLM Dillon FO 15-Year RMP Evaluation Dear Ms. James:  On behalf of roughly 3,000 dues-paying members in the Big Sky state, please consider the below comments from the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers on the Dillon Field Office Resource Management Plan (RMP) 15-year evaluation. We encourage the Dillon FO to consider an RMP amendment to account for new information ...

When FWP calls for help, Montana BHA volunteers answer! On Saturday, Dec. 11th, 24 volunteers from Montana BHA joined forces with 19 other volunteers from Montana Wild Sheep Foundation and members of the public to help FWP biologists survey bighorn sheep in the Highland Mountains near Butte. All of us strapped on our boots, hiked into the backcountry and spent the day glassing for and counting rocky mountain bighorns. FWP area wildlife biologist Vanna Boccadori met with volunteers the ...