Kentucky BHA completed our third annual Clean Up Day at the 38,700 acre Peabody Wildlife Management Area in western Kentucky on August 13, 2022.  Over 40 volunteers showed up to help, including BHA members, current & former KDFWR commissioners, WMA staff, game wardens, and class 22-001 of US Army Warrant Officer candidates from a nearby regional training center. Over the course of the morning we filled a 30 cubic yard dumpster with a variety of trash items which had been dumped on the WMA ...

On a cool evening, I sat hidden amidst a group of boulders, watching the north face of a 11,000-foot summit as over 100 elk made their way out of the timber and onto open grasses along the adjoining alpine basin. It was a sight I hope to remember for the rest of my days. And yet, as impressive as it was, this spectacle had a downside. That being … it was July … not September: no rut crazed bugling elk, no aspens draped in the colors or autumn, and no crisp morning air.  There wouldn’t be a ...

Staff and volunteers with the Idaho chapter floated the Salmon River last Saturday between Watts Bridge and Cottonwood Recreation Site. After high water recedes and the weekend splash 'n giggle crowds have passed through, there is usually some garbage to clean up along the banks of this world-famous river. We also use this opportunity to pull and bag spotted knapweed on gravel bars and islands along the way. Pulling and bagging prevents millions of viable seeds (viable up to 7 years) from ...

In a region where the wins that protect and expand the opportunities available to hunters are few and far between, the Massachusetts State Leadership Team (SLT) is happily celebrating a series of recent victories that were won on both the legislative and regulatory front.   Expanded Small Game Season & More Opportunity on Wildlife Management Areas – Regulatory Two of the Massachusetts SLT’s top regulatory priorities will soon be removed from the team’s list thanks to a recent decision by the ...

By Suzanne Linford Deschutes county is a historical migratory corridor for Mule deer in central Oregon. They migrate in summer to the higher elevations of the eastern Cascades, and they migrate in fall to lower elevations in winter range across Highway 97. Winter range is essential for their survival because it provides them with seasonally specific forage (native plants), protection from the harsher weather found at higher elevations and exposure to greater genetic diversity found in the ...