The great outdoors comes inside to tell Campfire Stories Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/The-great-outdoors-comes-inside-to-tell-Campfire-13189586.php The hunters, anglers and nature lovers of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers’ California Chapter were far from their beloved lakes, marshes, forests and coasts Thursday night, Aug. 23. Instead, clad in hearty plaid shirts and sturdy boots, they gathered round ...

On July 21, the Idaho chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers organized a volunteer stewardship project along the Salmon River.  Sixteen people from around Idaho floated a section of the river below Challis and concentrated their efforts on removing weeds and trash from the islands in the river. The event was organized by Ace Hess, BHA High Divide Coordinator,  and received ample help from Challis BLM staff and local businesses. The crew filled and removed nearly 30 bags of spotted ...

On May 2nd Governor Walker announced new efforts to combat CWD within the state of Wisconsin.  CWD is a legitimate threat to our hunting heritage in Wisconsin.  These included three main steps to be taken. Each requiring approval from either the DNR or DATCP.  These include limiting transportation between captive cervid facilities, requiring enhanced fencing, and limiting carcass travel of hunter killed deer from CWD positive counties.  The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers ...

By Matt Rinella, Justin Schaaf and Nick Siebrasse - July 20, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoulian. U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte hailed President Trump’s decision to pardon Dwight and Steven Hammond as “a win for property rights and our way of life.” U.S. Sen. Steve Daines agreed that “Trump made the right decision” in pardoning these Oregon ranchers whose arson convictions sparked the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation and advanced ongoing efforts to privatize America’s ...

Photo by Barry and Cathy Beck On an October morning a decade or so ago, I was hunting woodcock in an abandoned orchard. A flight had come in and, in less than an hour, I collected my three-bird limit. That evening I got a call from an acquaintance, a deer hunter, who hunts the same orchard. He asked how I did and if I’d seen evidence of deer. How, I asked, had he known I had been hunting there that morning? He said he saw me on the trail camera he’d placed in cover. I was amused. It’s now ...