Hal Herring talks with historian and conservationist Lamar Marshall in Calloway, North Carolina.  They discuss Lamar's work with members of the Cherokee nation to conserve the Bankhead National Forest, the Forest Service policing their own, good stewardship of the Earth, converting hardwood to loblolly pine, preserving cultural heritage on public lands, mapping historic trails in North Carolina, the importance of chestnuts, hunting and fishing in the South, homesteading, Lamar's favorite ...

National Policy Update – March 2018 Backcountry Beat FY18 Omnibus Spending Package This month Congress passed a comprehensive funding package that will enhance management of our public lands, waters and wildlife while supporting new access and opportunities for America’s sportsmen and women.  At $1.3 trillion, this omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2018 increases funding across key federal agency bureaus while resoundingly rejecting massive cuts proposed by President Trump. Department of ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 22, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org    House Casts a Vote for Conservation in Advancing Budget Bill Massive spending package includes gains for key resource agencies, programs of critical importance to fish and wildlife, hunters and anglers, U.S. lands and waters WASHINGTON – Public lands sportsmen and women offered measured praise for a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2018 that increases funding of ...

The Nevada Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the draft LEIS for reauthorization and expansion of the Nellis Test and Training Range (NTTR). BHA seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters. Our membership values wild lands and wildlife. We are driven to protect what little is left of our public lands heritage ...

Hal Herring talks with Brandon Butler, Executive Director of the Conservation Federation of Missouri.  They discuss Missouri's historic conservation ethic, Indiana's Kankakee swamp, bowhunting and Fred Bear, Brandon's place in eastern conservation and his first trip west, bringing back whitetails and turkeys, the special culture of the Ozarks, staying active in democracy and much more.