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2018

Backcountry group shares tails and trails

Author: Montana BHA
By Justin Harris - July 5, 2018 - Originally published in the Sanders County Ledger. It is not a "wilderness group," but their interest in the continued reasonable use of wild lands is second on their priority list. Presently, the number one goal of Cube Iron Cataract Coalition (CICC) is to create awareness of the backcountry mix of roadless areas, connecting backcountry, and lands bordering National Forest. Membership and support from the group enjoys an overlap with the Backcountry ...
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Jul

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 26: Bill Hanlon and the Tatshenshini Remains

Hal Herring and longtime BHA member and British Columbian Bill Hanlon swap stories in Whitefish, Montana. Hanlon tells the tale of his incredible 1999 adventure that begins with a Dall sheep hunt in northern British Columbia and ends with a wild discovery of the remains of an ancient hunter. It's a story of one hunting culture connecting with another over the centuries and into modern times. This is a hunting journey like no other, and it's not to be missed. :: iTunes :: Stitcher :: Podbean :: 
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Jul

2018

OPINION: Daines' about-face on LWCF bad for Montana

By Ivy Fredrickson - July 3, 2018 - Originally published in the Independent Record.  The Land and Water Conservation Fund uses offshore oil and gas revenues, not taxes, to fund fishing access sites, community parks and strategic acquisitions of public lands that expand public access or provide recreational opportunities. The LWCF is very important to communities like Butte. The Outdoor Industry Association found that in Montana alone outdoor recreation generates $7.1 billion annually in ...
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Jul

2018

Idaho BHA submits comments to BLM regarding wildlife security in the Boise foothills

Author: Idaho BHA
Idaho BHA submitted comments to the Boise District office of the BLM regarding the Four Rivers Resource Management Plan (RMP).  Idaho BHA encouraged the Boise BLM District to thoroughly evaluate wildlife security impacts for any future trail development in the Boise foothills. Specifically, we expressed concern that additional trail development may have negative impacts on crucial winter range that is utilized by deer and elk and asked the BLM to consider developing seasonal closures and ...
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Jul

2018

Behind the Scenes: BHA’s office maestro Caitlin Frisbie

Author: Lj Dawson
The last time BHA’s office operations manager moved, her friends groaned under extra heavy boxes. If she had let them look inside, they would have found her rock collections. Caitlin Frisbie collects rocks on every adventure. It’s that fascination with her surroundings that she picked up from her mother who is a conservation biologist and her father, who by the time she was four, put a fly rod in her hands. “I find it really hard to sit still,” Caitlin said. As a creative kid, the outdoors ...
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Jun

2018

OPINION: Which is it, Sen. Daines? You say one thing and do another

By Jared Farsier - June 29, 2018 - Originally published in the Montana Standard. As a parent, there are few things more rewarding and enjoyable to me than taking my kids outdoors. My wife and I choose to live and do business in Montana because of the vast opportunities right out our back door. But our appreciation for the outdoors started long before we moved here. I was raised in a northern Wisconsin logging town, and my childhood summer memories are filled with an on-the-lake public ...
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Jun

2018

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Chapter Vice Chair

Author: David Lien
The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Don Holmstrom to serve as their Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) vice chair. Don was one of BHA’s early members, joining in 2005, the same year the Colorado chapter (BHA’s first state chapter) formed and only a year after seven hunters and anglers stood around a campfire in Oregon, starting BHA. He was also one of Colorado BHA’s first Habitat Watch Volunteers (HWVs), starting in September 2009, the same month the ...
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Jun

2018

Take action to preserve hunting and fishing on Hawn's Peninsula

The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is committed to speaking up for hunting and fishing access and habitat for wildlife and fish. We are therefore opposed to a plan by a developer from Texas to lease 400 acres of wild federal public land managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to build a resort on Hawn’s Peninsula along Raystown Lake in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Click Here to see maps of the planned development. If allowed, this proposal would ...
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Jun

2018

MT Chapter Supports the Forest Legacy Lost Trail Conservation Project

Author: Greg Munther
Rick NorthrupMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks1420 East 6th AvenuePO Box 200701Helena, MT 59620-0701 RE:  Forest Legacy Lost Trail Conservation Project Dear Mr. Northrup: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers would like to express our support for the Forest Legacy Lost Trail Conservation easement project. Our organization includes more than 2,400 avid Montana resident hunters, fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts. Most of our members have outdoor families as well. Many of our ...
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Jun

2018

Montana Chapter Supports Responsible Beaver Trapping Regulations

Author: Greg Munther
Martha Williams, DirectorMontana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks1420 East 6th AvePO Box 200701Helena, Montana  59620   Director Williams:   We would like to respond to the recent beaver trapping regulation proposal for the 2018-2019 trapping season. The season as proposed, with few exceptions, provides for unlimited beaver trapping for 5 ½ months out of the year on the west side of the state, and 9 months of the year on the east side of the state. Montana Chapter of Backcountry ...
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