Recently the New York Department of Environmental Conservation sent an email to locals in Region 6 and then to the rest of the state concerning detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) at a captive deer farm in Region 6.   Review our CWD Policy Statement and as hunters and conservationist, we encourage you to engage in science-based wildlife management practices to limit the spread of CWD proposed by the NYSDEC. If you travel to this region to hunt please follow the protocols set forth ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BLM plan aims to stanch steep decline of iconic bird  (WASHINGTON, D.C.--November 8, 2024) – Leading conservation and sportsmen’s organizations today reacted with cautious optimism to a newly released final draft of a plan by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that outlines how the agency intends to reverse the alarming decline of greater sage-grouse populations across 10 Western states. The ...

Join the Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in urging committee members to recommend the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources seek federal approval for a hunting season of the Sandhill Crane.  The Sandhill Crane population has grown substantially thanks to the focused, sustained conservation efforts of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wisconsin's sandhill crane population was decimated at the turn of the century. with ...

Almost ten years ago, career firefighter and paramedic Beau Beasley embarked on a journey to tell the true stories of America’s veterans, honestly and in their own words. He was a respected outdoor writer and flyfishing guidebook author, and was deeply affected by the friendships he’d made through his involvement with Project Healing Waters, an organization that connects veterans with fishing and other outdoor opportunities. “I had no idea what I was doing when I took this on,” Beau says. ...