Hal is traveling the Wasatch Front, snarled in traffic beneath the spectacular snow-covered peaks, still trying to understand Utah politics. How can a state legislature pass a law that makes it illegal for the its residents (as well as visitors) to fish or wade or swim in more than 90 percent of their own rivers and streams? What is going on here? We go “once more unto the breach” (to quote Henry V’s famous line inciting his warriors) with the Utah Stream Access Coalition’s Chris Barkey, a ...

Superior Ranger DistrictLolo National ForestSeptember 8th, 2019 Subject: Redd Bull Project   To the Redd Bull Project Leader:   The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers thanks the U.S. Forest Service for considering our comments on the Redd Bull Project.   Our chapter represents 3,000 Montanans who are avid public land advocates. We rely on publically accessible lands to hunt, hike, fish, boat, forage, and explore. In return for the opportunities, we strive to protect and ...

Originally publish September 8th, 2019 on www.billingsgazette.com Four bull elk were recently illegally gunned down in Musselshell County and left to fester in the August heat. The repulsiveness of this act transcends where you come from, your politics or what kind of recreation you enjoy. Throughout much of the 19th century however, wanton killing of this kind was considered normal and often even encouraged. It wasn’t until slaughter on a massive scale precipitated the near and total ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 5, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Groups unite to condemn move to exempt motorized bikes from motorized travel management decisions WASHINGTON – Sportsmen and women are opposing an Interior Department decision to open millions of acres of public land trails to motorized e-bikes, threatening intact fish and wildlife habitat and undermining science-based land management strategies. As framed via Secretarial Order 3376 ...

Colorado BHA's Brett Jones recently led a group of volunteers on a habitat improvement project on the Uncompaghre Plateau. This project was done in coordination with CPW and focused on the removal of Pinyon Juniper regrowth. These areas have been identified and previously treated as target areas that historically have produced communities of Mountain Mahogany, Sagebrush and other shrub communities. These shrubs are a vital component for increasing pounds of forage per acre throughout the ...