By Laura Lundquist - July 31st, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoula Current Montana conservationists and sportsmen are pushing back against what they see as an illegal move to assign a public land opponent to the top spot in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. A coalition of Montana conservation organizations voiced their strong opposition to this week’s appointment of William Perry Pendley as co-director of the BLM. They called on Montana Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines to oppose ...

Utah had a rather rainy spring, but that has not stopped our members from getting outside! The Utah board is continuing to plan several exciting events to engage our members. At the end of February, we hosted a chapter meeting at Western Rivers Fly Fisher, which included various guest speakers from the Utah DWR, Utah Women’s Fly Fishers, the Attorney General’s office, Wasatch Wildlife Watch and other key stakeholder groups which focused primarily on stream access issues. Western Rivers has ...

BY JASON JONES, DEVIN O’DEA Photos: Eric Hanson, Devin O’Dea, Justin Bubenik, NganHa Tran Members of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers California Chapter traveled from various nooks and crannies throughout the state to join our Co-Chair, various Board Members, Wild Game Cookoff Chefs (Jason Jones, Devin O’Dea), Chapter Members, friends and family to enjoy a truly amazing Surf, Sands, and Public LandsEvent at the Southern California beach of La Jolla on June 29th.  The event provided an ...

The chapter has added a number of new chapter leaders to accommodate the growth we are seeing from last year. With this new blood in the chapter, we have greatly increased our capacity to be more engaged in policy and have started planning more events and volunteer opportunities moving forward in 2019.             With the state legislation in full swing, most of our attention has been towards commenting and activating our members to voice our opinion on bills focused on public lands and our ...

By Patrick Reilly - July 30th, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian Montana conservation groups are describing the Bureau of Land Management’s new acting director as a threat to public lands. On Monday, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed an order naming William Perry Pendley, a lawyer with a long history of opposition to public lands, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management. Pendley had recently been named the Bureau’s Deputy Director for Policy and Programs; this ...