News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 3, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Department’s Restoration and Resilience Framework identifies strategic investments designed to enhance important ecosystems, improve climate resilience, restore key species like bison WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers lauded a strategy released this morning by the Department of the Interior that commits to restoring wild and healthy populations of American bison to ...

March 1, 2023 – Today, Governor Inslee’s office announced two new appointments, Steve Parker, and Woody Myers, to the Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission. Per statute, the appointments are six-year terms and must be confirmed by the State Senate.  Steve Parker was appointed to an eastern Washington Position, and Woody Myers was appointed to an at-large Washington position. Parker is a retired fisheries biologist who served much of his 45-year career with Yakama Nation Fisheries. Myers is ...

This letter to the editor was originally published in Cowboy State Daily on Feb. 27, 2023. Dear Editor: Last hunting season, a story ran in the Cowboy State Daily of a bull elk wasting away on private land because the landowner would not let the hunter who shot this elk onto his land to harvest. Not trusting the hunter, the private landowner refused entry – as was his right – and the hunter was told to “save his tag” for another bull. Like many who read the story, I was both heartbroken and ...

February 28th, 2023 Mr. Jeremy Bluma, Acting Division Chief National Renewable Energy Coordination Office BLM Headquarters 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Submitted electronically at solar@blm.gov Re: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Evaluate Utility-Scale Solar Energy Planning and Amend Resource Management Plans for Renewable Energy Development (87 Fed. Reg. 75284)   Dear Mr. Bluma: Please accept these comments on behalf of the Montana ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 27, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The court declined to hear arguments from landowners challenging the public’s right to access waterways in the state WASHINGTON – Public land and water users scored a big win for public access today with the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement declining to consider arguments brought by New Mexico landowners that would have challenged public waters access in the Land of Enchantment. The ...