News for Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA roundly condemns suite of House bills that would undermine America’s most successful conservation and access program WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is strongly criticizing four bills in the House of Representatives that take aim at the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Great American Outdoors Act, the bipartisan law that ensures continued LWCF funding. Together ...

April 26, 2023   Lolo National Forest Supervisor’s Office Attn: Amanda Milburn - Lolo Plan Revision 24 Fort Missoula Rd Missoula, MT 59804 SM.FS.LFNRevision@usda.gov   Dear Ms. Milburn;   Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the Draft WSR and Wilderness inventories for the Lolo National Forest Plan.   The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MT BHA) represents roughly 3,000 dues-paying members and thousands of supporters in Montana. MT BHA works to keep public lands and ...

The best resources for Texans wanting to get into western hunting: Subscriptions   My first memory with subscriptions for hunting was at Bill’s Barbershop in Archer City, Texas. Part of Bill’s barbershop experience was combing through all the hunting magazines he subscribed to and seeing pictures and articles about heading into the backcountry on horseback after big muleys, igniting the desire to head out west.   The third installment of this article series on helping Texans with western ...

By John Provenzale It's not every day that you find a public land gem. But today I did. It is even less often that you find a place that exceeds expectations. But today was a perfect day. After a long hike of 1.5 miles with 5 youngsters aged 2-8, we finally made it to the small lake of only 50 acres. I had high hopes that this distance from the road would keep the fishing pressure down. It did. The kids reeled in bluegills and sunfish one after the other for two hours. My fingers were worn ...