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Blue Ribbon Flies

Contact Information:

Blue Ribbon Flies
305 Canyon Street
West Yellowstone, MT  59758
(406) 646-7642
brf@blueribbonflies.com


Overview:

For over twenty years, Blue Ribbon Flies has set the standard for fly fishing and conservation in the Greater Yellowstone region. Located in West Yellowstone, Montana, owners Craig and Jackie Mathews have built a business of integrity and personality. Both know why Blue Ribbon Flies exists - big wild country with native and wild trout.

Craig, a life long big game and bird hunter is the co-founder of 1% For the Planet, an eight year old effort of local and national businesses to self tax to donate to grassroots conservation causes.

If you want the opportunity to pursue wild trout in one of greatest settings on earth then contact Blue Ribbon Flies. Whether it's by hiking or horse, they'll show you some spectacular country and get you into some beautiful trout.


Dark Timber Design Contact information:

Dark Timber Design
1238 Blue Slide Rd.
Thompson Falls, MT 59873
(406) 827-4195
info@darktimberdesign.com


Overview:


Montana's Dark Timber Design is the go-to source for world-famous Helle knives. Owner Chad Sivertsen is a BHA founding member, bowhunter, bowyer, and woodsman. You can guess what brand knives Chad carries! Value-conscious outdoorsmen and women everywhere are coming to recognize Helle as not just the most knife for the least money, but soulful objects of art.

Hand made in Norway, Helle blades are forged of triple-laminate stainless, with a 59 Rockwell core and 18/8 outer layers. The result is a blade that holds a razor's edge tenaciously, is easily honed, and uniquely handsome in a litany of designs. Helle handles are handmade of wood, leather, and/or reindeer antler. Dark Timber also offers kits and naked blades, at even greater savings. Check 'em out. And as with all of our generous sponsor members, tell 'em BHA sent you.

Colorado Mountain Expeditions-Turner Guides Contact information:

Colorado Mountain Expeditions-Turner Guides
3635 CR 301
Durango, CO  81303
(877) 600-COLO
contact@coloradoexpeditions.com
Contact: Pete or Lisa Turner

Overview:


Pete Turner, owner of Colorado Mountain Expeditions is a 5th generation native of the area with over 30 years experience of Colorado elk hunting in this region - a rare find among hunting guides. The Forest Service named this hunting unit; "The Hermosa Roadless Area" (150,000 acres of public land). This is a rugged backcountry Colorado elk hunt where all gear and supplies have to be packed by horse to the base camp. All travel is done by horseback and foot. This elk hunt is for the physically fit hunter.

Morrison Creative Contact information:

Scott Morrison
Morrison Creative Co.
907 11th St.
Cody, WY 82414
307-527-4144
scott@morrisoncreative.com

Overview:


Backcountry Hunters and Anglers are grateful for the support and the creative energy of Scott Morrison, an avid outdoorsman and creative consultant from Cody, Wyoming.

Scott recently helped BHA redesign its membership brochure and a print add, making BHA come across as more professional than ever. Morrison is a former fishing guide and now works as a design artist specializing in helping hunting and fishing businesses.

Scott left the growing city of Bozeman, Montana, for the quieter town and outstanding backcountry around Cody. Morrison Creative is a "creative agency" that helps design logos, brand identity, packaging, catalogs and websites, including copy writing and photography. Scott is also a fine artist.

Traditional Bowhunter Magazine Contact information:

Traditional Bowhunter Magazine
P.O. Box 519
Eagle, ID  83616
(888) 828-4882
(208) 383-9019
Email: Subscriptions@tradbow.com
Website: www.TradBow.com

Overview:


Since 1989 Traditional Bowhunter Magazine has been at the forefront of the resurgence of bowhunting the way it was meant to be. The late Howard Hill entitled his book, Hunting the Hard Way, and we here at Traditional Bowhunter still espouse the notion that hunting should not be easy. The quarry deserves the utmost respect and the chase must be fair and honorable. The results are secondary to the process and those of us who choose the hard way are rewarded exponentially.

Traditional Bowhunter Magazine is the only outdoor publication that has taken a public stance against the abuse of ATVs and will not allow ATV advertisements or advertisements that contain ATVs.

If you believe as we do, check out our latest issue at your local newsstand or contact us.

"Progress does not necessarily mean letting go of tradition."


Trout Unlimited-Public Lands Initiative Contact information:

Trout Unlimited-Public Lands Initiative
863 1/2 Main Ave.
Durango, CO 81301
Email: bodonnell@tu.org
Web: www.tu.org
 

Overview:


With over 160,000 members nation-wide, Trout Unlimited is the oldest and largest cold-water fisheries conservation group in the world. TUs mission is to protect and restore coldwater fisheries and the watersheds upon which they depend. Since most functioning watersheds are found on higher-elevation public lands and overlap prime wildlife habitat, TU recently launched its Public Lands Initiative (PLI) to reach out to hunters as well as anglers to support public lands fish and wildlife habitat and traditional hunting and angling throughout the American West.

The Public Lands Initiative has established field programs to address three major concerns for the long-term health of fish and wildlife habitat on public lands:

  • Restoring lands degraded by abandoned hard-rock mines
  • Monitoring and managing oil, gas, and coal-bed methane development in the Interior West
  • Backcountry-roadless protection

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