By Sportsmen and Sportswomen Consortium - August 7, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current   Finally, after more than 80 years of disagreements, a combination of legal pressures and moneyed interests has amplified the conversation about public access on the east side of Montana’s Crazy Mountains. However, a proposal being called a “Made in Montana” compromise is one group’s idea of an equitable land swap that, unfortunately, falls short of protecting access to our public ...

The author at the Outer Banks, circa 1984 I’ve been known to hop on a BHA virtual pint night. It’s an excuse to indulge in a microbrew and learn a few things. I’m the BHAer that doesn’t go outside. My knowledge of the outdoors is as limited as the outdoors is vast. But for me, pint nights are a double-edged sword. One recent pint night the conversation turned to alligator hunting. BHAers shared their experiences hunting alligators in North Carolina. My thoughts mired like the swamps in which ...

The waters flow through Arkansas as blood flows through our veins, and as such we are intrinsically tied to the water.  They feed our crops, cut through the mountain valleys, and breathe life into the soul of Arkansas.  Whether ducks, deer, or any number of game, hunting in Arkansas is a way of life.  Public lands in Arkansas are the great equalizer.  A place where a millionaire and a poor man can share a cup of coffee, a tree, and a conversation.  They’re a place where all the gadgets money ...

By David Clumpner - July 30, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current On July 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act, legislation that fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provides long-awaited support for our beleaguered public lands management agencies. The importance of this legislation cannot be overstated; this bipartisan act signals the most significant development in American conservation in decades. Through the ...

Our fight to keep the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA publicly accessible can be almost perfectly captured in the words of an 11 year old boy, who has known this place his whole life as somewhere he can go to hunt, fish, hike and learn about the natural world.CLICK HERE TO KEEP IT PUBLIC!   According to the University of Arkansas’s Division of Agriculture, the property was obtained in 1960 from the U.S. Forest Service for the purpose of conducting agricultural ...