The Bankhead National Forest in Alabama is a place of shadowed canyons and rushing coldwater creeks, crystalline waterfalls and bluff shelters blackened by the smoke from campfires over thousands of years. It’s an island of rare plants and wildlife and old growth trees in a state where coalmining and industrial forestry and now the sprawl of cities have radically altered the landscape. Come with us to Moulton, Alabama, and meet native son Joseph Jenkins, a biologist and herpetologist, hunter ...

  Whitewater Bay on Admiralty Island. Credit, USFS. In January of 2020 the United States Forest Service completed the purchase of 22,890 acres on Admiralty Island in the vicinity of Cube Cove. The land, which was once heavily impacted by logging operations, is now in public ownership and is part of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness Area on Admiralty Island. The damage from previous logging operations in the area was extensive and many roads and culverts in the area have become impediments to fish ...

BHA's University of British Columbia Okanagan collegiate club is helping students overcome barriers to hunting. By Peter White The pursuits of hunting and fishing aren’t easy pastimes to incorporate into life on campus as a university student. For one thing, on a student’s budget you are continuously flipping a coin between a piece of new hunting gear and a required textbook. Plus, if you are new to campus, it can be hard to find accessible hunting and fishing areas and to meet like-minded ...

Hunters and anglers are closely watching legal proceedings in Carbon County, Wyoming, where four non-resident elk hunters “corner crossed” at a surveyed corner where two parcels of public land join and who, as a result, were charged with criminal – and later civil – trespass. The hunters had accessed the public lands in question for two consecutive years, utilizing a stepladder in the second year to cross from one public parcel to another.    For more background on corner crossing, check ...

By Nick DelVecchio Spending a day on a favorite trout stream, fly rod in tow, is such a tremendous way to take advantage of our Pennsylvania public lands.  We are blessed with thousands of miles of trout water, and it’s more than an angler could hope to fish in 100 lifetimes!  With that in mind, there’s no time like the present to start exploring trout streams around the Keystone State, and here are some answers to commonly asked questions that folks have about fly fishing.   Q: Do you have ...