Lyndsie Bourgon is a writer, oral historian, National Geographic Fellow and author of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods. Join Hal and Lyndsie as they explore the many paths that led to her book on the booming trade in stolen timber and other forest products from America’s public and private lands. You will never look at a beautiful violin or guitar quite the same (“music wood’ is among the most poached and the most valuable), and you will be left pondering a very ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 30, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President promises action to protect Avi Kwa Ame and surrounding region, which comprise ancestral lands of 12 Indigenous tribes and important desert bighorn habitat MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauded a pledge by the administration today to conserve vital wildlife habitat and important cultural lands in southern Nevada. In remarks made at the White House Tribal ...

The Chapter was a critical player in defending the much-need 2021 DNR license fee increases from a legislative disruption. IN Chapter Board Members made phone calls to key legislators explaining the 3-year process the agency had already gone through, and the absolute necessity of the fee increases to prevent a fiscal crisis.  Relationships with the General Assembly were enhanced through the Chapter's sponsorship of the Sportsman's Capitol Luncheon held in February 2022. The Indiana Chapter ...