The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Liz Rose to serve as Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) State Trust Lands Liaison. Liz was born and raised in the California Coast Range and was lucky to live in the hills of the relatively small (by Bay Area standards) town of Los Gatos with a park behind her house. “I spent a lot of time running around on deer trails under oak trees, and through poison oak, unfortunately,” she said. “We had a garden and orchard, would ...

Photo by Alex Kim   This article first appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA and get the journal, quarterly, in your mailbox. By Corey Ellis While recently rereading Beyond Fair Chase by Jim Posewitz, the founder of Orion and a conservation legend and expert in hunting ethics, I was struck by a section that had not caught my attention before; the section was titled, "Physical Fitness as a Part of Preparation." Although we often think of fitness in preparation ...

Montana FWP Region 2Attn: Elbow Lake Dam Removal3201 Spurgin Rd Missoula, MT 59804 To Whom it May Concern: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposal to remove a manmade dam on the Clearwater River. Many of our 3,000+ members reside in western Montana and fish and hunt in the Blackfoot drainage, including the Clearwater River. We support the Alternative to remove this structure. We believe it inhibits upstream movement of ...

The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has significant interest in the Mud Creek project as well as the proposal to amend elk security guidance. We wish to be notified of any opportunity to participate throughout the process. While we appreciate the interest in fire reduction near private land, we also appreciate that fire science is clear that the most effective strategy is to begin with the structures and work outward (Finney, et al). Work beyond a few hundred feet has ...