News for Immediate ReleaseJune 12, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Following Senate introduction of similar legislation, bipartisan bill acknowledges strong public support to fully fund successful access and conservation program WASHINGTON – New bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives would ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and acknowledges strong support by citizens, including public lands ...

On May 31- June 2, 2019, 17 volunteers from Idaho BHA joined Idaho Fish and Game staff at Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area (CMWMA) to for a hands-on stewardship project to enhance wildlife habitat. The CMWMA is approximately 115,000 acres of critical wildlife range that is south of Lewiston.  This year represents the seventh year over the last decade that Idaho BHA has performed a conservation project at Craig Mountain!  The project was led by Idaho BHA co-chair Eric Crawford of ...

By Justin Post - June 11, 2019 - Originally published in The Livingston Enterprise Four conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service on Monday over public access to four trails in the Crazy Mountains. The 114-page lawsuit argues in part that the federal agency is failing to follow its own policy and direction to resolve disputes between members of the public seeking to access the four trails and landowners who want to keep them out. The lawsuit was filed by the Montana Chapter of ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 10, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Coalition contends that the Forest Service is abdicating its duty to uphold and defend public access to established trails   BILLINGS, Mont. – Maintaining traditional public access opportunities in the Crazy Mountains of Montana is the goal of a lawsuit filed today against the U.S. Forest Service by a coalition of conservation-based groups, including Backcountry Hunters & ...

By Michael Wright - June 10, 2019 - Originally published the Bozeman Daily Chronicle A coalition of conservation groups has sued the U.S. Forest Service over public access to trails in the Crazy Mountains, an island range northeast of Livingston known for its complex land ownership picture and access disputes. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Billings accuses the Forest Service of neglecting to preserve access to four trails in the range that have been blocked by landowners in the past. ...