[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

20

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

FWP's New Elk Management Plan - What's in it?

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Montana BHA

Montana's new Elk Management Plan is out for comment now. It's nearly 500 pages. So what's in it? Well, there are some things to like, for example, the raising of objectives - now called goals - in many districts in the eastern half of the state. And using a three-year average rather than just yearly counts to decide if we’re at, above or below objectives or goals seems like a prudent change. Additionally, allowing the plan to be updated, with evaluations scheduled every five years, can ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

20

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

House Appropriations Makes Drastic, Reckless Funding Cuts to Public Lands Management

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 20, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill advances House committee, fails to consider importance of hunting, fishing, and stewardship of fish and wildlife habitat. Washington, D.C. — The decision made yesterday by the House Appropriations Committee to move forward in slashing funding for numerous federal land management agencies is a failure to recognize the importance of both the ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

20

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Accommodations for the Cougar Creek Bridge Replacement Project

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Chris McCarthy

The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: WCPP Discretionary Grant Letter of Support: Wildlife Accommodations for the Cougar Creek Bridge Replacement Project Dear Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, we offer this letter in support of the Montana Department of Transportation’s (MDT) Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program (WCPP) discretionary grant funding ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

19

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Aaron Agosto

Wednesday, July 19, 2023 The Honorable Peter ButtigiegSecretary, U.S. Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Ave, SEWashington, DC 20590-001 RE: Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program Grant (WCPP) – US93: Ninepipe and Post Creek Sections Project (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) Dear Secretary Buttigieg, On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, I am writing to express our support of the WCPP Grant to fund a critical portion of US Highway 93 (US 93): ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

19

Jul

2023

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 159: Game Warden, Author and Conservationist Sam Lawry

Author: Travis Bradford

Arizona game warden and author Sam Lawry is retiring from his second career as the executive director of the Teller Wildlife Refuge on the Bitterroot River of Montana. This BHA podcast is being released to honor Sam and in appreciation of his life as one of America’s premier conservation leaders. Sam served 23 years as a game warden in Arizona (the subject of his excellent and funny book, Stories of the Past: An Arizona Game Ranger Remembering the Outlaws), was chairman of staff for the ...

Comments (0)

Number of views (1215)

Article rating: No rating

Land Tawney, Longtime BHA President and CEO, Announces Departure

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Under Tawney’s leadership, BHA grew from a small, volunteer-based organization to the North American leader in hunter/angler public lands advocacy; BHA board will lead search committee MISSOULA, Mont. – Today, after 10 years of dedicated service building an organization that has become the continent’s leading voice for hunters and anglers and public lands and waters, Backcountry ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

19

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

Pennsylvania BHA Legislative Update Summer 2023

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Pennsylvania BHA

Legislative Update Our efforts in Harrisburg on behalf of our members continues. With the legislature moving into summer recess, here is an update on the bills we are following. Support SB 67 (Laughlin) Sunday Hunting – Removes the prohibition on Sunday Hunting. This is our top legislative priority. This bill awaits action in the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee. SB 344 (Gebhard) aims to include full-time, out-of-state college students in Pennsylvania’s great hunting and fur taking ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]

19

Jul

2023

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartDay]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartMonthNameShort]

[EasyDNNnews:EventStartYear]

[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event]

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program: Missoula to Garrison

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Scott Mylnechuk

Wednesday, July 19, 2023 The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 Subject: for Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program Discretionary Grant Letter of Support: Missoula, Montana to Garrison, Montana Wildlife Crossing Feasibility Study Dear Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, we offer this letter in support of the Montana Department of Transportation’s (MDT) Wildlife ...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

18

Jul

2023

EVENT RECAP - HORSE PRAIRIE FENCE PULL - JULY 2023

Author: Montana BHA

On July 15th, Montana BHA volunteers gathered to give the sagebrush steppe SW of Dillon a little love. We teamed up with the National Wildlife Federation, private landowners, and the BLM to remove a section of problematic fence along a public/private boundary. Such fencing creates a barrier for big game, especially antelope, and can lead to higher rates of mortality for nesting sage grouse. The fence will soon be replaced with a wildlife friendly fence, meaning higher off-the-ground ...

Comments (0)

Number of views (475)

Article rating: No rating

Wisconsin BHA Chapter Newsletter- July 2023

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Wisconsin BHA Chapter

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Comments] ([EasyDNNnews:Comments])

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Numberofviews] ([EasyDNNnews:NumberOfViews])

[EasyDNNnews:ArticleRating]

[EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Read][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventRegistration][EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Register][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventRegistration]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Categories]: [EasyDNNnews:Categories]

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Tags]: [EasyDNNnews:Tags]

Media

FWP's New Elk Management Plan - What's in it?

House Appropriations Makes Drastic, Reckless Funding Cuts to Public Lands Management

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Accommodations for the Cougar Creek Bridge Replacement Project

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 159: Game Warden, Author and Conservationist Sam Lawry

Land Tawney, Longtime BHA President and CEO, Announces Departure

Pennsylvania BHA Legislative Update Summer 2023

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program: Missoula to Garrison

EVENT RECAP - HORSE PRAIRIE FENCE PULL - JULY 2023

Wisconsin BHA Chapter Newsletter- July 2023

About BHA

Get Involved

Media

Advocacy