The following is a letter that was submitted on behalf of Montana BHA, in opposition to a motorized development proposal on the Marais River.June 11, 2013Montana Fish and Game CommissionHelena MT 59620Dear Chairman Vermillion and Members of the Commission:Re Marias WMA AccessMontana Chapter Backcountry Hunters is a Montana grassroots hunter and angler organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing big, wild habitat as well as preservation of traditional non-motorized hunting and fishing ...

The following letter was submitted by MT BHA in regards to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Miles City Resource Management Plan (RMP).                            Miles City Field Office111 Garryowen RoadMiles City, Montana 59301BLM_MT_MCFO_RMP@blm.govThe following are Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (MT BHA) comments regarding the Miles City Resource Management Plan (RMP) Revision.Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers are Montana sportsmen across the state that ...

The following is a joint press release highlighting New Mexican sportsmen's support of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act.  Washington D.C. – New Mexican hunters and anglers continue to lead by example in the world of conservation with the introduction of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act.The bill, introduced today by Senator Tom Udall, would designate the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Taos as a wilderness area. The designation would cover ...

Located just Northeast of Sante Fe, New Mexico’s Pecos Wilderness Area provides 350 square miles of high quality roadless backcountry habitat. The Pecos is known by hunters primarily for its high-quality elk and mule deer hunting (GMU 45), as well as good opportunities for Big Horn Sheep, Black Bear, Blue Grouse and Turkey; and by anglers for excellent trout fishing on the Pecos River, as well as the area’s many high-country lakes. Surrounding the officially designated Pecos Wilderness Area, ...

By Ben LongBackcountry enthusiasts need to cut things, big and small. Get a log out of the way, shorten a guy line or snip a leader on a fly line. Part of being a competent backcountry traveler is gaining basic skills with things that are sharp.Fundamentally, this comes down to the knife, the axe and the saw. All three are wedges — a knife is a wedge with a handle; an axe is a wedge with a lever and a saw is a series of small wedges on a long blade.Beyond that, each tool has a list of pluses ...