This letter to the editor was originally published in Cowboy State Daily on Feb. 27, 2023. Dear Editor: Last hunting season, a story ran in the Cowboy State Daily of a bull elk wasting away on private land because the landowner would not let the hunter who shot this elk onto his land to harvest. Not trusting the hunter, the private landowner refused entry – as was his right – and the hunter was told to “save his tag” for another bull. Like many who read the story, I was both heartbroken and ...

February 28th, 2023 Mr. Jeremy Bluma, Acting Division Chief National Renewable Energy Coordination Office BLM Headquarters 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Submitted electronically at solar@blm.gov Re: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Evaluate Utility-Scale Solar Energy Planning and Amend Resource Management Plans for Renewable Energy Development (87 Fed. Reg. 75284)   Dear Mr. Bluma: Please accept these comments on behalf of the Montana ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 27, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The court declined to hear arguments from landowners challenging the public’s right to access waterways in the state WASHINGTON – Public land and water users scored a big win for public access today with the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement declining to consider arguments brought by New Mexico landowners that would have challenged public waters access in the Land of Enchantment. The ...

March in Texas means white bass (a.k.a. Sand Bass) in Texas. Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. (TPWD) published an article about the white bass run. It said, “Due to the dry summer, some rivers and reservoirs in Texas are currently experiencing low water levels and low flows, which could impact the timing of the white bass run.” So, Texas BHA contacted anglers statewide to get their spawn report for the upcoming spring fishing season. DFW – Nathan Clinkscales is an angler in the DFW area who ...

Montanans can’t get to 3.1 million acres of our public lands. If a neighbor wants to let us walk across their land to access public lands, they should be able to do so, encouraged to do so, and rewarded for that, not prohibited from it. Unfortunately, landowners are currently ineligible for FWP’s Unlocking Public Lands program and the Public Access Land Agreements if someone else holds the lease on public lands a landowner wants to open access to. Read more from the Billings Gazette ...