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Sep

2020

EVENT RECAP: Public Lands Month 2020 Kickoff w/ FHF Gear & Burch Barrel

To kick off Public Lands Month, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers joined forces with FHF Gear, Montana FWP, and Burch Barrel to clean up the Erwin Bridge Fishing Access Site in Belgrade, MT. Roughly 40 public land owners showed up to do some heavy lifting, including MT BHA members, FWP personnel, the crew from FHF Gear, several contributors from the MeatEater office and the staff from Burch Barrel. In total, the group collected multiple bags of loose trash, some random ...
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Sep

2020

Public Lands Packout: Cash Match from Walton’s and SMH Consultants for Trash Packed Out in Kansas

Author: Kansas BHA
To help support the Kansas Chapter of BHA’s efforts to pack out public lands trash, Walton’s, Inc. and SMH Consultants will each be donating $5 to Kansas BHA for every bag of trash packed out of public lands in Kansas and recorded through the website submission form here during the month of September (up to $5,000 from each sponsor!).  You can help ensure the generous contribution from our friends at Walton’s and SMH is fully realized by grabbing a bag and picking up public land refuse while ...
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Aug

2020

Hunting group urges members to oppose proposed Crazy Mountain land swap

Author: Brett French
By Brett French - August 31, 2020 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette Citing concerns about giving up access via historic forest trails, a Montana-based hunting group is encouraging its members to challenge a proposed land swap on the east side of the Crazy Mountains. “We don’t believe abandoning two trails for one solves the problem,” said John Sullivan, Montana Backcountry Hunters & Anglers board chairman. Sullivan sent an email to BHA’s 3,000 Montana members on Thursday ...
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31

Aug

2020

CO BHA Encourages Members to Participate in Ouray Trail Development Comment Period

Do you hunt bighorn sheep, elk, or mule deer on public lands in Ouray county? If you do, you may be interested in a proposal from the Ridgway Area Trails Chapter of the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association to develop single track mountain bike trails on the GMUG National Forest. The Ridgway Area Trails chapter recently received a $ 45,000 planning grant from the State Trails Program of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The group plans to focus on trail development in three areas of ...
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31

Aug

2020

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Remember Conservation Icon Kent Ingram

Author: David Lien
Colorado recently lost a strong voice for wildlands and wildlife when Kent Ingram passed away (on Aug. 28). Kent was a consummate hunter-angler-conservationist and his lifetime of advocacy on behalf of our wild public lands, waters and wildlife—while always going out of his way to recognize and facilitate the conservation work of others—speaks volumes about his character. “He was such a strong voice for wildlife and ‘everyday joe sportsmen,’ as he would put it,” said Backcountry Hunters & ...
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28

Aug

2020

How to Build a Crawfish Trap - Women in the Woods

By: Featuring:  In our most recent Women in the Woods blog series Emma Dunfee gives us a step by step guide to crawfishing. Whether you're a crawfishing pro or just getting started, this has some great info that will improve your harvest and put a delicious and memorable meal on the table for you, your family, and friends. The Women in the Woods Blog Series is a Colorado BHA effort to highlight the knowledge, expertise, and experience of the sportswomen in our ranks and is led by Kassi ...
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28

Aug

2020

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Habitat Watch Volunteer

Author: David Lien
The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers welcomes a new Habitat Watch Volunteer (HWV) to the team: Michael (“Ack”) Ackerman has volunteered as a HWV for the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado. Fishing and snowboarding were Michael’s path to the great outdoors. “My tumultuous home life fostered frequent escapes to the streams, ponds, fields and thickets defining Boston’s north shore in the late 70s and early 80s,” he said. “I was as feral as they come—out at sunup, ...
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27

Aug

2020

Hunting, Conservation Groups Oppose Crazy Mountains Land Swap Proposal

By Rachel Cramer - August 27, 2020 - Originally published at Montana Public Radio   A group of hunting and conservation organizations say a proposed land swap and new trail in the Crazy Mountains falls short of protecting access to some of the best public land in Montana. In July, an informal coalition of ranchers, tribal representatives, hunters and conservationists called the Crazy Mountain Access Project released a proposal they say will improve public land access and appease landowners, ...
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Aug

2020

Idaho BHA helps Payette NF construct barriers on illegal motorized routes

Author: Idaho BHA
The Idaho Chapter of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers partnered with the Payette National Forest on August 14 & 15 to construct a dozen barriers on West Mountain northwest of No Business Lookout near the Five Corners intersection. The barriers were placed on unauthorized routes that have become erosion problems because of frequent illegal use. The barriers are made of native materials and designed to withstand the heavy snow loads at these high elevation. The hope is that with ...
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27

Aug

2020

Get to Know Me: BHA's First Ever Scholarship Recipient

Hello everyone, my name is Maurice Rodgers and I am honored to be selected as the first-ever recipient of the BHA scholarship at the University of Louisville! I transferred to the University of Louisville from Chicago in 2018. I am a senior transfer student double-majoring in Pan-African studies and political science. I appreciate this opportunity to join the BHA family and learn more about my role in preserving the environment while adding to my education. I grew up on the south side of ...
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