Sep

2022

Proposed Holland Lake Lodge Expansion

A proposed expansion to Holland Lake Lodge is proving quite controversial. The existing special use permit holders - along with POWDR, a large ski resort operation - are proposing to tear down ten current structures and replace them with 32 new buildings. Included in the new builds would be a restaurant, more than two dozen lakeside cabins and a 28-room lodge. More details on the project can be found here. While Montana BHA understands the special use permit holders desires and reasonings ...

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30

Sep

2022

Missouri Public Lands Month 2022 Roundup

Author: Missouri BHA Chapter

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 29, 2022Contact: Missouri BHA, missouri@backcountryhunters.orgPaul Keeven, Chairman Missouri BHA, pkeeven@gmail.com Alexandra Vollman, Co-Founder/Editor of Modern Conservationist, Missouri BHA board member, modernconservationist.com The Missouri chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, in celebration of Public Lands Month, is making three exciting donations to support our public lands and waters! St. Louis, Mo. - Missouri BHA is proud to announce that ...

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29

Sep

2022

Public Lands Day Stewardship Recap in Colorado

Author: Brittany Parker

"We've seen elk calves tangled up in this fencing multiple times." - local hunters In partnership with Colorado Parks & Wildlife, BHA and volunteers removed 1.75 miles of fencing in the rugged pinyon juniper forests of Meeker, CO during National Public Lands Day weekend. Over the Fall CPW will drive through, load up the removed materials, and truck it to the scrap yard to be recycled. While removing woven wire fence from the top of a ridge, two hunters out glassing approached us to share ...

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28

Sep

2022

Public Lands Month Stewardship Recap in California

Author: California BHA

The golden state was buzzing with activity this Public Lands Month, and it wasn't just the dove and deer season openers getting folks out in the field. California BHA hosted several public land packouts along important waterways in the state as well as a native plant restoration project in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management - part of a larger salmonid restoration effort in the Lower Garcia River Estuary. Many truck beds were filled with trash, a couple volunteers even found some ...

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28

Sep

2022

Capital Region Celebrates Public Lands Month with Pack-Out Work Days

Author: Mid-Atlantic BHA

For the third year in a row, Capital Region BHA held a Public Land Pack Out at C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area in Hartwood, Virginia as part of its Public Lands Month celebrations. After working with C.F. Phelps staff to remove trash from several areas, attendees of all ages enjoyed a family-friendly BBQ and some fishing. Not to be outdone, the Virginia BHA Armed Forces Initiative got in on the Pack Out action at two Virginia WMAs. On September 10, volunteers cleared brush at ...

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28

Sep

2022

Tacos On the Fly

Author: Anonym

July in Missoula is characterized by days floating the three major rivers that run through town; the Clark Fork, the Bitterroot, or the infamous Blackfoot, and evenings spent attending concerts at the Kettlehouse Amphitheater or downtown at Big Dipper Ice Cream. One particular float trip with an impromptu visit by a BHA collegiate club member will continue to serve as a reminder to me of what we already knew--community is the secret sauce of BHA. North Carolina State University club ...

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28

Sep

2022

Hunters and Anglers Continue Our Role in Funding Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Author: Kaden McArthur

For generations, hunters and anglers have proudly been at the heart of funding for fish and wildlife conservation in the United States, in addition to playing a central role in fish and wildlife management through the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. We’ve embraced programs and funding that would conserve fish and wildlife for all the public to enjoy – achieved through license sales, programs like the federal Duck Stamp, and excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment. This ...

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27

Sep

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 141: Public Lands Journalist Nate Schweber

Author: Travis Bradford

A flamboyant Western politician, yelling hatred for the federal government, accusing anyone who questioned him of being a “communist,” secretly planning a takeover and selloff of 230 million acres of public land to his cronies. Sounds like today, yes? Well, it was 1947, and it almost worked. Montana-born, New York City-seasoned reporter and writer Nate Schweber uncovers the whole sordid, instructive history in his wild ride of a book, This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the ...

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27

Sep

2022

Lessons From a Bad Fly Fisher

Author: Erik Holterman

My fly rod lays in the grass at my feet – the line in a disorganized heap, describing a story of frustration and annoyance. Handicapped by inexperience, I had attempted to battle the wind. It was a fight I had no chance of winning. The fly I had just lost was the last straw along a journey of poor casts, unnatural drifts and spooked fish. Overwhelmed, I half-dropped, half-tossed the rod aside in a quiet tantrum, cursing under my breath. My only previous experience fly fishing was in ...

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Tags: the campfire, Wisconsin Chapter, Collegiate Program

27

Sep

2022

Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

Author: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America. Here’s a preview of an issue dedicated to the memories we made in our favorite season and the work being done by BHA members across North America. BHA ...

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Capital Region Celebrates Public Lands Month with Pack-Out Work Days

Tacos On the Fly

Hunters and Anglers Continue Our Role in Funding Fish and Wildlife Conservation

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 141: Public Lands Journalist Nate Schweber

Lessons From a Bad Fly Fisher

Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

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