The New Jersey Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supports the New Jersey Fish and Game Council's vote to amend the Game Code and adopt a new black bear management plan for 2022 that permits hunting of bears once again.  Regulated hunting plays an integral role in sustaining healthy wildlife populations. Since restrictions were put on bear hunting starting in 2018, bear populations have exploded unchecked, resulting in significant increases in negative bear-human interactions. These ...

Dr. Susan Leopold is an ethnobotanist who spent the early years of her career in the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon and Central America. An epiphany led her home, to Virginia and to the American heartland of the Ohio River, to study native plants, medicinal herbs and the natural and human history of this wild, diverse and beleaguered corner of our world. Leopold is the executive director of the United Plant Savers, a group dedicated to protecting imperiled native plants like ginseng and ...

Take action now!  The East of Hudson Unit Management Planning Team from DEC Region 3 recently released a Unit Management Plan for several state properties east of the Hudson river in the lower Hudson Valley.  Specifically, this plan outlines the DEC’s proposed work for 6,684 acres in 14 State Forests, in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester County.   These plans are released roughly every 10 years and define the upcoming investments by the DEC into our public lands for the next decade.  The DEC ...

Feral swine (sometimes called wild pigs, wild boars, etc) spell trouble for Montana's wildlife and habitat. They're incredibly destructive, invasive and hard to control. In the 39 states they're established in, they cause some $2.5 BILLION in damages each year. They're also dangerous vectors of more than thirty diseases that pose threats to humans, livestock and wildlife. It's important that we do our part as hunters and conservationists to keep them out of our state. While they're not here ...