Earlier this month Rhode Island’s Land and Water Partnership hosted its 19th annual Conservation Summit in Kingston, RI to hold workshops and discussions on the state’s most pressing conservation and environmental challenges. This year’s summit workshop topics covered issues like climate change and resiliency, solar development and forest protection, offshore wind, and quite a bit more.  Many of the workshop resources from this and previous year’s summit workshops are available in the L&W ...

July 28, 2022   Chair Robinson, Vice Chair Tabor, Commissioners Waller, Byorth, Walsh, Cebull & Lane Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks 1420 East Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 200701 Helena, Mt 59620-0701 cc: Jazmin.Engle@mt.gov   Re: Delaying Implementation of Madison River Commercial Use Cap   Chair Robinson; Vice Chair Tabor, Commissioners Waller, Byorth, Walsh, Cebull and Lane:   On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and our nearly 3,000 dues-paying members, we submit the ...

Over the last two summers, the Idaho chapter has been improving trail access in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. With financial support from Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG), National Forest Foundation (NFF) and funds the chapter has raised, BHA staff and volunteers worked with wilderness outfitters to open over 20 miles of trail. Crews flew into dirt airstrips where outfitters were waiting with pack stock and supplies needed to access difficult to reach sections of trail, deep in ...