Cornwall Creek Flooding may be a place known to you and for others not so much. To me, the Cornwall Creek Flooding is near and dear to my heart, my family having camped on its shores every winter for over a decade. Surrounded by the Pigeon River Country State Forest (PRC) this impoundment was created in 1966 to provide a high quality, publicly accessible fishery and it has been successful. Enjoyed by many for its beauty and lack of development within the over 100,000 contiguous acres of the ...

In early 2020, the U.S. Forest Service and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers began to work together to identify projects east of the Mississippi that would be ideal for BHA volunteers to complete. During these discussions the USFS identified a project that would remove four miles of barbwire fencing in the Huron-Manistee National Forest near Glennie, Michigan. The Michigan chapter was more than happy to help on such an important project.   “We were really excited to help on this project, and it ...

As a fellow outdoorsperson, and someone who spends the majority of his outdoor time on public lands, I find the opportunity of gaining access to new land exciting. While huge tracts are every sportsperson’s dream, sometimes even the smaller parcels, heretofore not accessible, are indeed as imperative and promising, and a cause for celebration. One such opportunity faces us now – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has proposed increasing access for hunting and fishing on over 2.3 million ...

This October, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources agreed to purchase the Storey Lake property in Otsego and Charlevoix counties in the North East Lower Peninsula. This win for Michigan sportsmen and women comes after two decades of negotiation and advocacy by sportsmen’s groups. The 2,000-acre property is within Michigan’s primary elk range and contains the formerly private Storey Lake as well as more than a mile of Stewart Creek. This acquisition — in addition to bolstering public ...

What do you get when you make it harder for the DNR to acquire public land and easer for the DNR to sell public land? Less public land. And in a death of a thousand small cuts, that’s exactly what Senate Bills 302 & 303 propose. As the sportsmen’s voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is committed to keeping Michigan’s public lands in public hands. That’s why we oppose these bills, which passed the Senate last year and are scheduled for a House ...