August 16, 2022 Lisa Timchak - Forest Supervisor420 Barrett StreetDillon, MT 59725Lisa.timchak@usda.gov RE: Point of Rocks Acquisition On behalf of our roughly 3,000-dues paying members in the Big Sky State, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers submits this comment in support of the proposed 417-acre Point of Rocks Land Acquisition located Madison County, MT. Montana’s outdoor recreation economy is responsible for generating $7.1 billion in consumer spending and an estimated ...

  Kentucky BHA completed our third annual Clean Up Day at the 38,700 acre Peabody Wildlife Management Area in western Kentucky on August 13, 2022.  Over 40 volunteers showed up to help, including BHA members, current & former KDFWR commissioners, WMA staff, game wardens, and class 22-001 of US Army Warrant Officer candidates from a nearby regional training center. Over the course of the morning we filled a 30 cubic yard dumpster with a variety of trash items which had been dumped on the WMA ...

Staff and volunteers with the Idaho chapter floated the Salmon River last Saturday between Watts Bridge and Cottonwood Recreation Site. After high water recedes and the weekend splash 'n giggle crowds have passed through, there is usually some garbage to clean up along the banks of this world-famous river. We also use this opportunity to pull and bag spotted knapweed on gravel bars and islands along the way. Pulling and bagging prevents millions of viable seeds (viable up to 7 years) from ...

In a region where the wins that protect and expand the opportunities available to hunters are few and far between, the Massachusetts State Leadership Team (SLT) is happily celebrating a series of recent victories that were won on both the legislative and regulatory front.   Expanded Small Game Season & More Opportunity on Wildlife Management Areas – Regulatory Two of the Massachusetts SLT’s top regulatory priorities will soon be removed from the team’s list thanks to a recent decision by the ...