The state of Washington, hunting and angling organizations have banned together and created a Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Partnership, a new coalition dedicated to protecting the state’s hunting, fishing, and trapping heritage through science-based fish and wildlife management. The WA Chapter has been at the forefront of the new initiative since the beginning as leaders saw the need for organizations to work together out of the recent spring bear decisions by the WDFW ...

October 14, 2022   Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Attn: Wildlife P.O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59620-0701   Re: 2022 Elk Management Scoping Comments   Director Worsech:   The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a grassroots, volunteer-led conservation group with roughly 3,000 dues-paying members in the state, plus tens of thousands of supporters. Our members care deeply about quality wildlife habitat and equitable, fair-chase hunting and fishing opportunities. There are few ...

Photo Courtesy of WDFW 2021 marked the first documented case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Idaho. A quiet and widely ignored killer, CWD is at the very least, next door. It’s an unfortunate development for wildlife advocates, hunters, biologists, forest health proponents, and those concerned about communicable diseases. If you haven’t been tracking the spread of CWD around the world and in the US, this fatal disease affecting cervids (in Washington, that’s our deer, elk, and moose) is ...

October 14, 2022   Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission 1420 East Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59620   RE: Madison River Work Group’s recommended changes   Chair Robinson, Vice Chair Tabor, Commissioners:   On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, we submit the following comments in response to the Madison River Work Group’s proposed recommendations. First, we would like to recognize the time commitment the MRWG put into drafting these recommendations; as ...

America’s national monuments not only enable long-term conservation of cultural sites and scientifically valuable resources; they also can conserve some of the best hunting and fishing in America. To accomplish this objective, however, monument designations must be pursued in a way that addresses the priorities and values of sportsmen and women. Paramount in achieving this outcome is a process that is locally driven, transparent, incorporates the science-based management and conservation of ...