What is it? Oregon has a volunteer opportunity between hunting seasons in the high desert, in the state’s southeastern region. Oregon has one of the nation’s largest populations of Greater sage grouse, behind states like Wyoming and Nevada. The bird is found throughout the Great Basin, and Intermountain west, inhabiting the Sagebrush Biome. Declines in sage grouse have led many non-profit groups and support from government agencies attempting to keep the bird from ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org An impressive slate of honorees receives BHA’s 2023 awards MISSOULA, Mont. – At the 12th annual North American Rendezvous, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers announced its 2023 award winners. BHA’s highest honors recognize individuals, chapters and entities that set themselves apart with their demonstrated commitment and unending effort on behalf of public lands and waters, fish and ...

Montana hunters pushed legislators on Tuesday via a variety of bills to limit out-of-staters who they claim are crowding them out. “We share with nonresidents, but we’re overrun,” Rod Bullis, of Hellgate Hunters and Anglers, testified at a Senate Fish and Game Committee hearing on Tuesday. For proof, resident hunters have pointed to the statistic that between 2012 and 2022, nonresident hunter numbers increased by 80% as resident hunter numbers fell by 7%. Read more from the Billings ...

BHA hosted over 30 college students at this year's North American Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana--all of whom either lead or participate in a BHA club at their university. With representatives from the University of Idaho, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Washington State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, Montana Tech, and Indiana State University, this year was a memorable one. Chapter Leader Trap Shoot Students started the weekend at the Missoula Trap and ...

Cornwall Creek Flooding may be a place known to you and for others not so much. To me, the Cornwall Creek Flooding is near and dear to my heart, my family having camped on its shores every winter for over a decade. Surrounded by the Pigeon River Country State Forest (PRC) this impoundment was created in 1966 to provide a high quality, publicly accessible fishery and it has been successful. Enjoyed by many for its beauty and lack of development within the over 100,000 contiguous acres of the ...