Oct. 15, 2018Montana State Land Board1539 Eleventh Ave.Helena, MT 59601 Dear Montana Land Board members, The Montana Sporting Coalition is comprised of a dozen hunting and angling organizations with tens of thousands of members in Montana. We were formed in 2015 over concerns about the Habitat Montana program. This program is now more than three decades old, and it has a strong track record of conserving wildlife habitat and providing public recreational access through targeted land ...

Following a tough but rewarding turkey season, we got right back to work in New York. Chapter Chair, Todd Waldron, attended the NY Sportsmen's Legislative Breakfast at the Capitol in Albany which was a great networking opportunity with state legislators and potential conservation partners. Treasurer Garret Burback joined fellow public land badasses from across the country in attending the LWCF fly-in to DC on May 16. On May 19, we held an Access Our Waters cleanup in Ithaca, Monticello, and ...

Rachel VandeVoort is a native of Whitefish, Montana, with four generations of family history in Montana. She is also director of the Montana Office of Outdoor Recreation. With a background working for Kimberand in the ski industry, no one could be better suited for this job. Hal goes to Whitefish to talk with Rachel about being a parent of wild outdoor children, outdoor jobs and the outdoor economy, guns, fishing and hunting on public lands. The outdoor economy in Montana alone is ...

October 9, 2018 Montana Fish Wildlife & ParksHelena Area Resource OfficeAttention: Canyon Creek WMA AdditionsP.O. Box 200701Helena, MT 59620 Subject: Cartan and Palmquist Additions to the Canyon Creek WMA   Dear Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Commissioners,   I’m writing this comment letter on behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA), based in Missoula, Montana. The Montana Chapter represents more than 2,600 sportsmen and women across Montana. Our mission is to ...

During September (Public Lands Month), Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members across Colorado and the country united and put boots-on-the-ground to help celebrate and safeguard our great public lands estate. Colorado BHA was in the forefront of such activities, holding seven public lands workdays, Pint Nights and relate events during the month. “Public Lands Month gives sportsmen and women a way to rally in support of the places and opportunities central to our outdoor traditions,” said BHA ...