Oklahoma is over 96% privately owned land, ranking 45th out of the 50 states for the smallest percent of land mass dedicated as public land. The challenges hunters and anglers face here go well beyond the typical challenges faced in other states that hold more public access. Even with all these challenges, there are some clear highlights for sportsmen and women. Oklahoma is one of a few states that are consistently showing strong hunter recruitment numbers. Sales of hunting and fishing ...

Missoula Field Office, Bureau of Land Management(406) 329-3914 | BLM_MT_Missoula_fo@blm.gov June 13, 2019 SUBJECT: BLM's proposed purchase of up to 13,000 acres of Montana Forests lands extending north of the BLM’s current ownership in the Belmont drainage   To whom it may concern at the BLM Missoula Field Office:   Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) is a national organization of 33,000 members seeking to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, ...

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 ...