Map reading and general land navigation skills are essential tools in the outdoorsman’s tool kit. Those tools are doubly important when you are a public lands and waters user because it is important to know the boundaries between public and private and to respect the rights of both public and private landowners. One of our longtime members, put those skills to use and then contacted the chapter on January 28th saying, “I believe the Mullins Wildlife Management Area is up for sale or trade.” ...

The Stearns Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest is requesting public comment on the Stearn Ruffed Grouse Management Plan proposal.  The project will be on US Forest Service property in portions of McCreary and Pulaski counties.  The project will greatly benefit a variety of species (Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Whitetailed Deer, Elk, Bear, early successional bird species, etc.).  I have attached detailed project information to this email. The project is currently open to the ...

FRANKFORT, KY -- The Kentucky Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers helped defeat a dangerous bill in the statehouse that would have made conservation more difficult in the state. Senate Bill 3 would have placed the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission under the Commissioner of Agriculture and attached the Department of Fish and Wildlife to the Department of Agriculture, two moves that would have reduced the independence of the DFW and complicated the ability of its commissioners to ...

The Nature Conservancy in Kentucky (TNC), the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (Kentucky Fish and Wildlife) and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) announced yesterday the largest conservation easement in Kentucky history on the nearly 55,000-acre Cumberland Forest Wildlife Management Area in Bell, Knox and Leslie counties. The easement will be held by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. Already a popular hunting destination for elk and other species thanks to an annual ...

  The Kentucky Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (KYBHA) favors the replacement of the US 51 Bridge and opposes the construction of new bridges which would harm the natural wetland assets, disrupt wildlife habitat, and remove public hunting and fishing opportunities for Kentucky residents and visitors.  KYBHA is the state Chapter of the national organization Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) which seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural ...