Former Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi passed away on May 30, leaving an impressive conservation legacy in his wake. Sen. Cochran was a devoted public servant who respectfully crossed party lines to advance policies he knew would be beneficial not only for his home state of Mississippi but for the entire United States. In the early 2000s, Cochran led the Senate Agriculture Committee and championed forest and wetland conservation in multiple farm bills. After two years he left his ...

May 24-26th, 2019, Charleston, VT — New England BHA took part in VT Department of Fish and Wildlife's inaugural Learn to Hunt program, along with NWTF, L.L. Bean, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. After completing and online education component, adult students started the long weekend with basic hunter education, including gun safety, field exercises and time at the range shooting rifles and patterning turkey loads. They were progressed through a variety of training modules ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Gabriela Zaldumbide to serve as Regional Director for the Gunnison Valley region of Colorado. Gabriela was born in Maryland, but grew up in Wisconsin. She started hunting after taking Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow at her undergraduate institution, University of Wisconsin–Madison. After that course wrapped up, the Badger Hunting Club held a Learn to Hunt Turkey event and she signed up. “I ended up harvesting my first ...

May 24, 2019 The Honorable Steve BullockGovernorMontana State CapitolP.O. Box 200801Helena, MT 59620-0801 RE: Coalition thank you for veto of HB 265 Dear Gov. Bullock, Our organizations that make up the Montana Sporting Coalition represent tens of thousands of hunters, anglers and recreationists. We are deeply committed to conserving and enjoying our public lands, waters and wildlife resources. We’re passionate conservationists who work on key policies that make Montana such an incredible ...