Here are the answers to the Kid's Crossword, located on page 17 of the Spring 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. Not a member yet? Subscribe HERE and get four issues of Backcountry Journal to your door!    *Note: Neve Dyer, age 12, from Alberta, informed us that the answer to 7 down, Canada's national bird, is not the Canada Goose but grey jay. We apologize for this error and will be submitting a grievance with Google! Thank you, Neve, for informing us of this error. -Zack Williams, editor.  

The Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers would like to welcome Blacks Creek Guide Gear as an official Idaho Chapter Sponsor!  Blacks Creek Guide Gear is a manufacturer of high quality hunting backpacks, chest packs and accessories.  A local Idaho company, they design and manufacture their products in the USA, right here in Nampa, ID. Blacks Creek Guide Gear believe that public lands equal opportunity.  They love everything outdoors and appreciate the efforts and progress that has ...

I don’t really have “four seasons” in my life; instead, I have duck, turkey, mushroom, fishing, berries and big game seasons. This abundance in the Pacific Northwest is rare; It is one of the only places in the world rich enough in wild food to support a sedentary society without agriculture. Think about that: tribes in the Northwest did not need agriculture to be self-supporting. Nor did they need to move. They could forage, hunt and fish for everything they needed.  The forager and the ...

Last fall, Colorado state agencies opened 100,000 acres of Colorado state trust land to hunters and anglers to kick off the 2019 hunting season.  In 2020 we are looking forward to gaining public access to an additional 200,000 acres of Colorado state trust land for hunting and fishing under a program managed by Colorado state agencies. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado State Land Board have nominated state trust land properties that they are considering for addition to the ...

On February 29, 2020, 15 volunteers from Kansas BHA and the general hunting community joined Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) at Perry Wildlife Area for the chapter’s first boots-on-the-ground stewardship project aimed at enhancing local wildlife habitat. Perry Wildlife Area is approximately 10,000 acres of land at the north end of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Perry Reservoir, located in northeast Kansas. Perry Wildlife Area is operated by KDWPT for wildlife ...