One more vote on Thursday signaled that Republican legislators intend to give certain landowners and outfitters priority over resident sportsmen and women when it comes to Fish, Wildlife & Parks decisions. The most recent action occurred Thursday, when the Senate Fish and Game committee made another party-line vote, 7-4, against supporting FWP commissioner Andrew McKean for nomination to the rest of his term, which would run until Jan. 1, 2023. Read more here from the Missoula Current... 

Come join us for a conversation with Ron Rohrbaugh Jr. of western Pennsylvania, wildlife biologist, traditional bowhunter and bowyer, conservationist and writer. We'll talk whitetails, shooting, the journey from rifle to trad bow, deep ecology, the art and craft of bowmaking and the glories of America's northeastern wildlands. Ron is the author of A Traditional Bowhunter's Path: Lessons and Adventures at Full Draw, and the founder of the traditional archery supply company LifeCycle ...

What can $20 get you?  As a kid, my revenue stream consisted of mowing my parents lawn for the nominal fee of $20 per mow job. Looking back, I don't know which was lower: my charge, or the expectations from my employer. Either way, pocketing my earnings eventually allowed me to save to buy those things every Wyoming kid wanted: a 20-gauge shotgun and a .270 rifle.  Half a tank of gas, 4 fancy coffees, and a small pizza will each run you about $20. That amount of money just doesn't go as far ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 11, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior order reverses restrictions, restores funding for public access programs, repeals damaging changes put in place by the Trump administration WASHINGTON – The Interior Department today announced its intent to restore clarity to the implementation of and elevate conservation and access programs in the Land and Water Conservation Fund, reversing damaging measures put in place by ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Eric Jones to serve as a Habitat Watch Volunteer (HWV) for the Arapaho National Forest. Eric was born and raised in a small town outside of Jacksonville, Florida. He started hunting (and angling) around the age of three, walking in the woods with his dad training hunting dogs. “From there I hunted mainly small game in Florida as well as white-tailed deer,” he said. “I shore-fished on the Atlantic Ocean and its tributary ...