By Laura Lundquist - July 26th, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoula Current  More structures like the Animals Bridge on Highway 93 north of Missoula are needed to help wildlife safely cross Montana roadways. But hunters and wildlife advocates say federal funding is needed to overcome high construction costs. As the U.S. Senate considers the budget for the 2020 Highway Bill, conservation and sportsmen’s groups are lobbying hard for a small pot of money to be set aside just for ...

The Wyoming Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers presented the Wyoming Game and Fish with a check for $3000 in support of the Access Yes Program. The check was presented at the July Commission meeting in Rock Springs Wyoming. Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik, and Commission President David Rael recognized the Wyoming Chapter for its continued support of the Access Yes program. The Access Yes program provided access to 2,670,173 acres of land in Wyoming in 2018 for hunting as well ...

BHA R3 Coordinator Trey Curtiss has joined the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports Implementation Workgroup. Made up of state agency and conservation group R3 (recruitment, retention and reactivation) experts, the workgroup serves to help reverse the general decline in hunting and shooting participation in recent years by implementing the actions outlined in the National Hunting and Shooting Sports Action Plan and advancing best practices for R3 efforts across agencies and ...

Texas Court Decision Reaffirms Public Ownership of Wildlife in Peterson v. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department et al. The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers participates in supporting TPWD with an important win to retain public ownership of wildlife On June 28, 2019, the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the lower court’s decision in the Peterson v. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department dispute concerning the private ownership of captive deer. The dispute between a ...