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 ...

FWP recognizes Block Management Program cooperators - March 10, 2020 - Originally posted by Montana FWP Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 7 took the opportunity in February to recognize the important contribution that area landowners make through their participation in the Block Management Program. FWP hosted appreciation dinners in Miles City on Feb. 25 and in Glendive Feb. 27. Invitations were extended to more than 300 landowners and their families. In Miles City, 178 people attended, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 9, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Bipartisan legislation represents consensus priorities of American citizens, addresses places critical to fish and wildlife and prized by hunters and anglers WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today, the Great American Outdoors Act, would ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address maintenance backlogs on public ...

During the 2019 legislative session, the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers opposed captive hunting at three committee hearings in the Rhode Island General Assembly. Unfortunately, little progress was made in either direction and heading into the 2020 session captive hunting in Rhode Island is still neither allowed nor prohibited. At present, there are no active captive hunting operations in Rhode Island, and we intend to keep it that way. Recognizing the need for strong ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 5, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation responds to requests by sportsmen and women, follows president’s statement expressing support WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation to be introduced in the U.S. Senate will address maintenance backlogs on public lands managed by the National Park Service and ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, advancing objectives long championed by ...