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Dec

2019

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 67: Mark Kenyon, Founder of Wired to Hunt and Contributor to MeatEater

  “We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.” –Wallace Stegner. This week’s podcast is an in-depth conversation with Mark Kenyon, Michigan-based hunter and fisherman, founder of Wired To Hunt, leading contributor at MeatEater Inc. and author of the new blockbuster public lands book That Wild Country. Mark and Hal talk ...
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30

Dec

2019

OPINION: Weyerhaeuser land sale shows importance of LWCF, public access

By Julie Mackiewicz - December 30, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoula Current In the last minute of shooting light on one of the last days of the 2019 hunting season, I took the opportunity to harvest a mule deer buck outside of Lolo. This opportunity was made possible by the timber company Weyerhaeuser and its greatly appreciated public access policy. The parcel of land where I was hunting is in the process of being protected in perpetuity, thanks to the Trust for Public Land and ...
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30

Dec

2019

LETTER: MT BHA & others comment on the Tendoy Project EA

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27

Dec

2019

Hovercraft petition for rivers comes before FWP Jan. 6

Author: eve byron
By Eve Byron - December 27, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian Jim Crews’ petition to allow hovercraft to operate on the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers through Missoula year-round is set to come before Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission during a special work session on Jan. 6 in Helena. Previously, the commission postponed the hovercraft hearing until the commission’s Feb. 6 meeting. But the hearing was moved up a month after commissioners decided to also work at the January ...
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23

Dec

2019

BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS 2019 POLICY ROUNDUP

2019 marked Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' busiest and most successful year yet. From Washington, D.C., to the Yukon, we came out swinging on all fronts and secured a number of important wins for our public lands, waters and wildlife. Find out more below. Visit www.backcountryhunters.org/donate. BHA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and your donation is tax deductible. FEDERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act (S. 47) was BHA’s most ...
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20

Dec

2019

Yukon Chapter Studies Changes in Public Access

By Richard Cherepak and Todd Onsorge Yukon Territory is vast, rugged and sparsely populated. Slightly larger than California, Yukon covers an area of 482,443 square kilometers, yet only has 4,850 kilometers of maintained roads (for comparison, Yukon’s western neighbor, Alaska, has more than 25,000 kilometers of public roads). Resident hunters can live the backcountry hunter’s dream – hiking ridges and valleys in isolated and wild terrain in pursuit of caribou, bison, thinhorn sheep, ...
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20

Dec

2019

Nevada Chapter's Statement on Sen. Cortez Masto's legislation to protect the DNWR

Earlier today the Nevada delegation led by Sen. Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act (S. 3145). The Nevada Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers would like to thank Sen. Cortez Masto and the Nevada delegation for bringing this issue into the national spotlight. The legislation addresses public input and access in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge while incorporating provisions dealing with ...
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19

Dec

2019

LETTER: Montana BHA comments on the Pryors Travel Management Plan

Author: Greg Munther
December 19, 2019   The Montana Chapter of BHA PO Box 9257 Missoula, MT 59808   Jennifer Alexander Outdoor Recreation Planner jalexander@blm.gov BLM Billings Field Office5001 Southgate DriveBillings, MT 59101   Re: Pryors Draft Travel Management Plan EA (DOI-BLM-MT-C010-2019-0029-EA)   Dear Ms. Alexander:   The Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters & Anglers provides the following comments on the Draft EA re: Pryor Mountains Travel Management. Our membership of more than 3,250 Montana hunters ...
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19

Dec

2019

Backcountry Ice Fishing 101 in the Boundary Waters

Author: Lukas Leaf
This article first appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year in your mailbox.  By Lukas Leaf I grew up on the ice, listening to the lake thunder and crack as it constantly expands and shifts. Frankly, you either love it or hate it. Fortunately for me, it’s the former, and I’ve been pursuing everything from walleye to lake trout since I was able to fall through a tip-up hole. It’s a Midwest outdoor tradition filled with eelpout festivals, giant ...
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19

Dec

2019

OPINION: Elk shoulder seasons are ineffective. It's time to think outside the box

By Thomas Baumeister - December 19, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian Montana has a lot of elk — 134,557, to be more precise. Elk are part of our state’s identity and we’re better for it. Yet, according to the Elk Management Plan put forth by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, this is 42,419 elk too many. Pressured by landowners and legal mandates to drive elk numbers down, FWP created additional hunting seasons called elk shoulder seasons (ESSs). ESSs occur outside of the ...
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