Mitch Reid is a native son of the Alabama Wiregrass, where he grew up fishing and hunting his home country in the headwaters of the Choctawhatchee River. After a military career with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne, he came home to raise his family and continue to serve his nation by working with The Nature Conservancy to protect and restore the lands and waters of the place he loves the most in the world. Alabama is No. 1 in aquatic species diversity, with more than 4,000 known species. It is ...

July 14, 2023Dear Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks:On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MT BHA), please see the comments below regarding the statewide proposals discussed and distributed at the statewide biennial hunting season-setting scoping meetings.First, we appreciate the efforts of the Department to be transparent and provide ample opportunity for public engagement with these efforts. The public scoping meetings provided needed information to public ...

July 1st - BHA members from western, central, and eastern Washington met up in the Whiskey Dick WIldlife Area to roll up our sleeves and lend our friends at WDFW a hand with some much-needed habitat enhancement work. The team removed a legacy fence line that scarred approximately 20 miles of otherwise excellent shrub-steppe habitat in the greater Colockum/Quilomene/LT Murray Wildlife Area Complex.  This ground is critical winter range for the Quilomene elk herd as well as prime habitat for ...

Welcome! Hey everyone,  Summer is flying by!  Hope all are well after this last round of storms which flooded the eastern part of the state and our New England neighbors. The NY Chapter Rendezvous at The Hungry Trout is fast approaching and we are super excited. The links below go to the information page where you can buy tickets, as a newsletter subscriber you will have the first opportunity to buy them! It will be a great time for sure.  Get out there and enjoy your public lands and water ...