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Jan

2018

Comments on CPW Non-Motorized Recreational Trail Grant Application Process

Author: Colorado BHA
Comments on CPW Non-Motorized Recreational Trail Grant Application Process   State Trails Committee                                                                       State Trails Program 13787 South Hwy 85 N. Littleton, CO 80125 dnr_trails@state.co.us   Please accept the following comments on the current non-motorized trail grant program.  We appreciate the opportunity for public review and comment on trails grant proposals submitted to the State Trails Committee, and our Habitat Watch ...
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10

Jan

2018

Yoga for Hunters

Author: Erika Putnam
Published in Backcountry Journal Winter 2018 Issue. Subscribe by becoming a member here.                  Photo Credit: Bill McDavid It took me 16 days to tag a Dall sheep in Alaska last year. If it weren’t for my yoga practice, I don’t think I could have stayed mentally strong or returned home injury free. I’m 49 years old, so my yoga doesn’t look like sitting cross-legged under a tree and my goal is not to do a photo-worthy backbend. I practice a combination of meditation, yoga poses, ...
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10

Jan

2018

A Conversation with Jim Posewitz

Author: Sam Lungren
Published in Backcountry Journal Winter 2018 Issue. Subscribe by becoming a member here.  Photo Credit: Thom Bridge Interview by Sam Lungren Author, biologist, ethicist, historian and legendary conservationist, Jim Posewitz is the foremost expert on conservation history and fair chase hunting. He founded Orion – The Hunter’s Institute and has penned five books: Beyond Fair Chase, Inherit the Hunt, Rifle in Hand, Taking a Bullet for Conservation and his soon-to-be-released memoir, My Best ...
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10

Jan

2018

Alaska Wilderness to Be Developed Following Covert Land Exchange

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  A road through key migratory waterfowl habitat would be developed under precedent-setting deal in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge ANCHORAGE – Public lands sportsmen and women across the continent could experience a ripple effect of negative impacts as an Interior Department decision allowing development of wilderness lands in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge advances. Located near ...
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10

Jan

2018

Hunting for Sustainability: BHA’s Collegiate Program Creates New Hunters

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA and partner Boone and Crockett Club give students knowledge and skills to start hunting; successful program to expand in 2018 MISSOULA, Mont. – Hunting for Sustainability, launched in 2016 by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers as a way to spur new, conservation-minded hunters and anglers while also engaging with college students who already hunt and fish, is expanding to a state near ...
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9

Jan

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 14: Hunting for Sustainability

Hal Herring sits down with BHA's Sawyer Connelly and Trey Curtiss and with BHA member Jim Giese to talk about BHA’s Hunting for Sustainability program.                                                  They discuss Hunting for Sustainability and the program’s origin, Jim's evolution as a hunter, BHA's rapidly growing Collegiate Club program, learning to hunt on your own, Trey's 2017 bull elk, Sawyer's first deer, teaching others how to hunt, and much more.  Learn more about Hunting for ...
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9

Jan

2018

10+ Ways to Help the Backcountry and Get Involved with Colorado BHA

Author: Colorado BHA
  1) We’re looking for volunteers (2-3) to help coordinate the annual Taste of Backcountry Angling Workshop hosted in partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). If interested contact Tony Dymek: tony.dymek@state.co.us 2) Cook a wild game dish for our annual Wild Game Cook-off in Longmont (on May 5). If interested in demonstrating your wild game culinary skills, for a shot at winning $100s in prizes, contact Geordie Robinson: geordie.robinson4@gmail.com. Also see Colorado BHA’s 3rd ...
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Jan

2018

BHA Responds to Dismissal of Charges Against Bundys in Nevada Standoff

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 8, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers strongly criticized the dismissal of charges against scofflaw rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons and a supporter earlier today. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement: “Cliven Bundy and his followers are lawbreakers who continue to disrespect our government, our public lands and waters, and the citizens who own them. ...
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Dec

2017

Stimson transfers land to Lolo Forest near Beavertail

Stimson transfers land to Lolo Forest near Beavertail By ROB CHANEY - December 29, 2017 - Originally published in the Missoulian  A land transfer has moved 640 acres of former timberland near Beavertail Hill State Park into public ownership, with more potentially on the way. The Trust for Public Lands brokered the deal between Stimson Lumber Co. and the U.S. Forest Service for the private parcel checkerboarded inside part of the Lolo National Forest. It provides access to more than 6,000 ...
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Dec

2017

Administration Reverses Boundary Waters Mining Ban; Minnesota BHA Pushes Back

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.orgPublic lands sportsmen unite to oppose development within wilderness area watershedELY, Minn. – A Trump administration decision to reopen lands near the Boundary Waters Wilderness to industrial mining drew strong criticism from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members in Minnesota today. Announced abruptly by the administration just days before Christmas, the decision resurrects a ...
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