Ashley Peters grew up in rural Iowa, in a landscape of cornfields and monoculture agriculture. Looking for a wilder and wider life, she found her way to U.S. Forest Service trail jobs in the Minnesota Boundary Waters and in Alaska, to a degree in communications, and to conservation work ranging from the gator-bellowing swamps of Louisiana to the woodcock and grouse popple of the upper Midwest. Hal and Ashley talk the deep engagement and beginners' mindset of adult-onset hunting and fishing, ...

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October 7, 2022   Chris Dowling District Ranger Flathead National Forest All Units 650 Wolfpack Way Kalispell, MT, 59901 christopher.dowling@usda.gov   Re: Proposed Holland Lake Expansion Project   Dear Mr. Dowling: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers represents roughly 3,000 dues paying members across the state of Montana, each passionate about conservation, our public lands and waters, and our publicly owned wildlife.  The proposed expansion to Holland Lake Lodge is ...

BLM Map showing "D-1" lands to be opened for industrial development. D-1 lands are identified with checkered fill. Photo credit: BLM Do you hunt, fish, or recreate in the Upper Susitna River, Chilkoot River, Denali Highway, Kobuk, Cantwell, Chilkat River, Wulik River, Paxson, Noatak River, Valdez, Selawik River, Skagway, Lower Yukon River, Icy Bay, Talkeetna River, Iliamna, Naknek, or Kuskokwim areas?  If so, you should be aware of a BLM process that proposes to open federal lands in these ...

News for Immediate Release Oct. 4, 2022 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org    Scholarship awards help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing access to adaptive equipment or assistance with outdoor education  MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to invite applicants for the second year of the Aidan Long Outdoors for All Scholarship, a fund dedicated to help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing access ...