July 7, 2022   Columbia Falls Planning Board Columbia Falls City Council c/o City Clerk 130 6th Street West, Columbia Falls, MT 59912 staalandb@cityofcolumbiafalls.com    Columbia Falls Planning Board and the Columbia Falls City Council,   I write today as a board member and Flathead-area representative for the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. We represent nearly 3,000 Montanans who hunt and fish and care deeply about conserving the quality of Montana’s wild public lands, ...

Rue Mapp transformed her kitchen table blog into a national nature business and movement. Today, Mapp is founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro. For more than a decade, the nonprofit has continued to celebrate and inspire Black connections and leadership in nature across the United States. Mapp also is an award-winning and inspirational leader, speaker, public lands champion and author. Her first national book, Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors, will be released in ...

Montana BHA teamed up with the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation (BMWF) to treat a weed infestation deep in the Scapegoat portion of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Using targeted spraying, the group primarily sprayed oxeye daisy, toadflax and musk thistle.  The treated area is centered around the Webb Lake Cabin and is the accidental legacy of livestock in the area. Livestock continues to play an important role in the Bob however, and practices to reduce the spread of noxious weeds ...

In their latest attempt to dismantle public elk hunting throughout the Big Sky State, the United Property Owners of Montana, a group representing wealthy, out-of-state interests and some resident landowners, is suing Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the Fish and Wildlife Commission. Helena Hunters and Anglers, Hellgate Hunters & Anglers, Montana Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Montana Bowhunters Association, Montana Wildlife Federation, Public Land Water Access Association ...

Photo by Aaron Agosto   Greg Kvale and Pete Kvale, from BHA's Minnesota chapter, wowed the judges for the second straight year during the Wild Game Cookoff at the 2022 Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana. This year the magic came from their "Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Breakfast," which included a Chaga Rose Hip Maple Tea, Norsky Wild Rice Pancakes, Blueberry Port Compote, Corned Venison Wild Rice Hash, Pike and Walleye Fingers and a Remoulade Sauce. Here's the recipes for the winning ...