If you’re reserving stuffing for only holiday meals, you’re seriously missing out. While this dish by Field to Table contributor Wade Truong is perfect as a holiday side, it’s no less delicious at any other time of the year. There is an argument to be made that the best parts of a holiday meal are the side dishes. The turkey or ham (or both) are supposed to be the headliners, but I find myself going back for seconds and thirds of stuffing and gravy more often than the bird or the pig. The ...

Elk camp at the head of East Canyon. This area would be paved over if the highway becomes a reality.  Once again, the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition (SCIC) has proposed to construct a highway known as the Eastern Utah Regional Connection through the Book Cliffs. The proposed highway would connect to an existing stretch of road paved recently, which currently ends at the Uinta-Grand County line. The preferred route of the proposed highway extension would connect Seep Ridge, ...

In the Spring 2020 Backcountry Journal, editor Zack Williams penned a piece, “Reactivated,” describing how he started bowhunting at an early age, but then drifted away from hunting later in life, only to return upon discovering “this small but rapidly growing organization called Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.”[1] I was fortunate to grow up hunting and fishing the public lands and waters of northern Minnesota. The state’s more than 12 million acres of public lands encompass the Boundary ...

  By Christine Peterson   Bill Andree always had a chance at an elk. It might come suddenly in thick spruce or a steep aspen grove, but it was a chance, and he killed his share. That was in the early 80s, when the elk herd roamed the hills and valleys around Vail, Colorado, in groups of a couple hundred. By the early 2010s, he stopped hunting the area altogether. The longtime Eagle Valley biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife who retired in 2018 rarely saw any elk, and he didn’t feel it ...

  As we close the book on a tumultuous year, BHA is looking ahead to the next challenge. What's coming up in 2021 for our public lands and waters, for fish and wildlife, and for hunting and fishing? Hal talks with Land Tawney, BHA's president and CEO, about what's next. Drop into a conversation between two friends about wins and losses, old adventures and new opportunities, unsung heroes of sportsmen-driven conservation, and the power of a good ...