The following article was first published by HuntingLife.com on 18 Sept 2024.    It written by Beau Beasley, author of Healing Waters, Fly Fishing Virginia, and Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic as well as the Director, Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival.  Beau wrote this article after participating in the Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s annual Public Land Pack Out in honor of Public Lands Month.  Taking out the Trash by Beau Beasley  Kelly’s Ford, on the Rappahannock River in Virginia’s bucolic ...

The Left Flip Flop Hypothesis (Recap of the Clark Fork Public Land Pack-Out) The author’s husband and son cruising the drift holding areas for trash.   Words and Photos by Melissa Hendrickson   Introduction: Many years ago, I had a retired military seasonal working for me, meaning he had more worldly experience than your average college aged seasonal. One day, upon finding an abandoned flip flop on a remote Forest Service road, he stated with compunction that it is always the left flip flop ...

September is Public Lands Month and it was a perfect time to come out to Salisbury Beach State Reservation and help clean up the beach. Salisbury Beach is a unique area where the Merrimack River flows into the Atlantic Ocean creating a wonderful salt marsh habitat for all kinds of plants and animals. This is a great spot to take advantage of public access as it allows for fishing access, a boat ramp, beach access, and plenty of waterfowl habitat. We enjoyed a great time stewarding the land ...

In recognition of Public Lands Month, SD BHA leaders earned their conservation karma last weekend packing out trash at Thompson Lake as a part of South Dakota Game, Fish, and Park's Adopt-A-Lake program. The program started in 2018 in an effort to keep fishing and recreation sites clean across the state. "We did what we could with the small crew we had, but I think we made a little big of an impact," said SD BHA Chapter Leader, Kevin Healy, who led the effort. They packed out a tire, fan, ...

“If you want to hunt, first you have to have animals to hunt. And if you want animals, first they’ve got to have habitat to live in. So, if you’re not trying to protect habitat and improve it and increase it, then you’re working against yourself as a hunter.” -Colorado BHA Founder David “Elkheart” Petersen[1]   The importance of roadless areas to Colorado’s fish, wildlife, hunting, and angling is detailed in this Trout Unlimited report (authored by David Petersen and Keith Curley): “Where ...