The word "community" is often used, whether it refers to where you live, or a cheesy line often used by employers to describe their workplace environment. The community within the Armed Forces Initiative isn't just a buzzword. It's a place where you belong, where veterans, active-duty service members, and other members of our military community come together through the common pursuits of hunting, angling, and conservation. Our camps and events are not just gatherings but opportunities to ...

Our national forests play host to a wide variety of users, not least of whom are sportsmen and women. Totaling nearly 190 million acres across the United States, national forests are critical to local, state and federal economies. The Forest Plans for two of the most productive and widely-appreciated forests in the West, the Carson, and Santa Fe, are up for review this year, with public comment being accepted until November 7th. There are a wide variety of user groups and industries vying ...

The Livingstone – Porcupine Hills region encompasses mountains and foothills of south-western Alberta north of the Castle Parks and south of Kananaskis Country.  This area includes large portions of Alberta’s montane and foothills fescue ecosystems, is home to world famous trout streams such as the Oldman and Crowsnest Rivers, and overlaps all or part of wildlife management units 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, and 402. The Livingstone and the Porcupine Hills have always been important places for ...

As an avid elk hunter in Idaho and Wyoming, I often marvel at how elk country, even when very close to cars and civilization, can feel wild. Entering a tight, timbered canyon, especially when elk may be near, is awe inspiring, even when the trailhead is only a quarter mile away. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge feels wild in a different way. The 19-million-acre refuge is the epitome of remoteness. The feeling of being immersed in such a large tract of land largely untouched by man is ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commends the recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to safeguard high quality undeveloped habitat in Colorado's Thompson Divide by cancelling controversial oil and gas leases in the region.Located west of Carbondale, the Thompson Divide provides one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of mid-elevation big game habitat in the state and serves as the headwaters to four high-quality trout fisheries, one of which is a gold medal water. The BLM’s ...