A Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) member recently asked me about hunting in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, where I’ve been stalking elk for over a decade now. Unfortunately, elk numbers are alarmingly low in some areas and there have been several years when I haven’t seen a single elk. Perhaps it’s because everyone in southwest Colorado seems to play on public lands. Habitat fragmentation, disruption by mountain bikers, ATV riders, backcountry skiers and hikers are all ...

Do you want to win a lifetime Kansas hunting license? It's pretty simple: take advantage of Kansas' Walk-In Hunting Access program to hunt private land and submit a photo of your hunt! The Kansas Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is partnering with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) to co-sponsor a photo contest in celebration of the 25th anniversary of KDWPT’s incredibly successful Walk-In Hunting Access (WIHA) program! This program annually provides hunters ...

On Saturday October 31, over 40 local residents, supporters, and community members gathered on a crisp Arkansas morning at the Pine Tree Research Station headquarters to help pick up trash and show support for keeping the property open to the public.  As the sun gained distance from the horizon, individuals and families started streaming in, and very quickly stories were being shared along with pictures from cell phones, passed back and forth. It became evident very quickly to this outsider ...

Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of the new book American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,which explores the intersection of religious belief and landscape. Quammen never set out to write about the Bundys, or Mormonism. But her interviews with Bundy family members and her exhaustive study of the history of the Latter Day Saints revealed a side of the anti-public lands movement that no other writer or scholar has even approached. American Zion is an essential resource for ...