By Idaho BHA member, Gary Lane Wild fish and Mitigation fish. One for the river, one for the bag. But you can’t have one without the other. What’s the difference? Wild fish are nature’s way of providing for free flowing rivers. Mitigation fish are man’s way of paying to artificially simulate nature, when barrier dams break the system’s conveyor belt. Wild fish make up nature’s original gene pool and are the seed source used to propagate mitigation fish via hatchery production.  Dilution of ...

Montana is famous for its blue ribbon trout streams and world-class hunting. That’s not by accident. For more than 100 years, hunters and anglers have worked to conserve and restore our wildlife, access and opportunity. That legacy continues today. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauds a historic bi-partisan effort in Congress that has protected more than 800,000 acres along the North Fork of the Flathead River and the Rocky Mountain Front.North Fork Flathead ProtectedThe North Fork of the ...

*For Immediate Release*   Hunters and Anglers Support Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument   By J.R. Young   On December 19, 2014 officials from the Obama Administration held a public meeting to discuss the proposed Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.  Officials want to know if the public lands between Lake Berryessa and Snow Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest merit designation as a national monument.   The Berryessa Snow Mountain region is the crown jewel of Northern ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauded federal legislation passed by the Senate today which protects habitat, access and outdoor opportunity for some of America’s finest hunting lands and fishing waters. “Today’s bipartisan action in Washington D.C. packs historic benefits for America’s outdoors families,” said Land Tawney, executive director of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “This conservation vision represents decades of hard work by hunters and anglers and other ...

The following article originally appeared in the Mountain Mail.Journal entry from Browns Canyon on November 29, 2014.“I’ve backpacked a few miles southeast of Ruby Mountain on the Turret Trail, trying to get to a spot flat enough to nail down my tiny shelter and gather firewood before I get caught in the dark.  Getting caught out in the dark in these dry washes and rugged hills doesn’t pose much of a problem though, because there’s a half moon tonight.  It’s late November, and there’s a ...