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Fair Chase and Public Access: Joined at the Hip

Jan Dizard
Photo by Daniel Wilde For roughly two-thirds of the 20th Century, hunters and fishers were the bedrock of conservation. But beginning in the early 1970s, the ground shifted. The accomplishments of the conservation movement, to which hunters contributed mightily, began to pale in the face of new environmental issues and a new environmental movement that had priorities not centered on restoration of game and fish and the habitats on which they depend. Indeed, protection of wildlife and ...
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Backcountry Journal is the quarterly membership magazine of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Each issue covers conservations issues, BHA news and exciting hunting and fishing stories from your wild public lands, waters and wildlife across North America.

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