From images of members fishing for Northwest steelhead, to Boundary Waters northern pike to High Rockies cutthroat trout, we received many great submissions to BHA’s 2nd annual Backcountry Angling Photo Contest, which wrapped up August 1st. With so many good backcountry angling submissions, choosing winners was not an easy task, yet after much deliberation a panel arrived at the following finalists: -1st Place: Brett Edward Larabee - Evening break while hiking the Teton Crest Trail ...

If you live in an American city chances are a river runs through it. But do you know where the river goes, or where the river comes from? We all recognize the need for clean water for fishing, recreation and for life as we know it, but how much do we really know about our watershed’s source, destination and landscape? A new mapping website called Streamer helps shed light on this important question. To find out where your river water comes from, and where it goes, click here. So…where does ...

The following post was written by Wyoming BHA Co-Chair Scott Reekers. The young cow lay quietly breathing her last as the temperature dropped in the cold December evening air. Minutes before I had made the decision to end her life to provide food for my family. I struggled to celebrate, or to jump up and down yelling because life was ending. With labored effort from broken lungs she exhaled her final breath. Immediately after the shot my hunting partner had gone back up the hill to call home ...

The following fact sheet, developed by Sportsmen for Brown's Canyon illustrates why permenantly protecting Brown's Canyon makes sense for Coloradan sportsmen.  Colorado BHA members continue to adovate for permenant protection of this high value hunting and fishing destination and we invite you to join this effort as well. To get more involved with Colorado BHA's ongoing effort to protect Brown Canyon, please contact us.  To express support to your elected officials, click here.Click on the ...

The following was written by BHA's Conservation Director Holly Endersby, after a recent fishing trip to Kelly Creek (Idaho). Utter the words Kelly Creek to a real backcountry trout bum and she will immediately know you’re talking about an icy cold stream sparkling through a big chunk of central Idaho beginning near the Montana border. A blue ribbon, catch and release trout stream, Kelly Creek eventually mingles its water with the North Fork of the Clearwater River. A recent University of ...