May

2022

OPINION: Timing of FWP's pen-raised pheasants plan is bad

On April 18, FWP announced that a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was detected in wild birds and at domestic poultry farms in Montana. In its cautionary release, FWP explained that "HPAI viruses are extremely infectious and fatal to poultry and some species of wild birds." As we have all learned over the last several years, the potential spread of viruses is serious business. With this new virus emerging in and amongst our bird populations this situation begs an important ...

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5

May

2022

Susitna Basin Recreational Rivers Keep Their Designations

Author: Alaska BHA

On Monday the Alaska House Resource committee moved forward with a version of House Bill 120 that maintains recreational rivers designations in the Susitna Basin, thanks in part to a significant amount of feedback from constituents. Alaska BHA members sent letters to members of the House Resource Committee requesting that the language repealing the recreational rivers designations be pulled from the bill. Thank you for your actions! These designations and the associated management ...

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5

May

2022

LETTER: Montana BHA comments on the 'Pheasant Release for R3'

Author: Montana BHA

These comments were submitted in response to the proposal to release 'Pheasants for R3' in front of the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission. You can learn more and comment yourself here. May 5, 2022 Chair Robinson, Vice Chair Tabor, Commissioners Waller, Byorth, Walsh, Cebull & LaneMontana Fish Wildlife & Parks1420 East Sixth AvenueP.O. Box 200701 Helena, Mt 59620-0701 Re: Comments on the Pheasant Release for R3 Chair Robinson; Vice Chair Tabor, Commissioners Waller, Byorth, Walsh, Cebull ...

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May

2022

Hunting Educated Mountain Merriam’s And Elk Herd/Hunting Trends (& Cinco de Mayo)

Author: David Lien

I generally hunt turkeys the first week of Colorado’s spring season (mid-April) and then return two weeks later (the first week of May) to “hunt” with a camera. As a bonus, because the habitat of mountain Merriam’s turkeys and Rocky Mountain elk overlap in much of western Colorado, it’s not uncommon to encounter both species in close proximity this time of year. Although elk hunting is notoriously difficult with success rates hovering between 15 to 20 percent in Colorado, over the counter ...

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May

2022

EVENT RECAP: Logan Shooting Area Clean Up

Author: Chris McCarthy

The rain was coming down steadily during the drive from Belgrade to Logan on the morning of May 1, 2022. Not a downpour, but enough that it could make for a long day and possibly deter folks less hearty than those who joined the Montana Chapter of BHA in our Logan Area cleanup. Our efforts focused on DNRC state trust land, just west of the Logan Landfill, primarily a mile long section along Buffalo Jump Road and a single site along 2 Dog Road, heading towards the landfill. With the ...

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May

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Bonus Ep. 131, Sen. Jon Tester and the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

Author: Thomas Plank

To those outside of Montana, the Blackfoot River is the “Big Blackfoot” featured in Norman Maclean’s lyrical and tragic novel A River Runs Through It. For Montanans and generations of visitors, the Blackfoot is a state of being all its own, a big rowdy river of native cutthroats and bull trout, its waters born of both high-altitude wilderness snows and the tannin-stained, unfathomably rich chain of wetlands and lakes of the Clearwater drainage. It is a huge, complex and vibrant watershed, ...

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30

Apr

2022

Cleanup planned for state land near Logan

Author: Montana BHA

State trust land by the Logan Landfill has become popular for recreational target shooting, but increasingly, users have left behind trash, spent shells and target waste. That’s why the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers are organizing a cleanup day at the Logan shooting area on Sunday. People who want to help pick up litter at the unofficial shooting area should meet at the DNRC state trust land near the ...

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29

Apr

2022

Hunters Found Not Guilty in Wyoming ‘Corner Crossing’ Case

Author: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseApril 29, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Wyoming BHA raised funds for hunters’ defense, says ‘justice has been served’ RAWLINS, Wyo. – In a major win for public lands access, four Missouri hunters were declared “not guilty” by a Wyoming court in a “corner crossing' case that garnered national attention. The Wyoming chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers offered the following response: “Today the court made its decision, ...

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29

Apr

2022

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Assistant Legislative Liaison

Author: David Lien

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Bryan Gwinn to serve on their Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) as Assistant Legislative Liaison. Bryan was born in central Illinois. “I started hunting as a child … bb guns, squirrels, pheasants and then whitetail,” he said. “My dad taught me how to hunt and along with my younger brother we hunted family farmland, fencerows and woods about 45 minutes outside of my hometown.” He attended the University of ...

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28

Apr

2022

The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass

Author: Zachary Williams

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists What do we lose when we let our favorite wild places succumb to the whims of industry and development? This is the question Rick Bass explores in The Book of Yaak. In the opening pages Bass sets out to capture the heart of the Yaak Valley, a wild, remote region in northwest Montana with immense biodiversity and a critical corridor for animals moving between the Northern Rockies and the Pacific ...

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OPINION: Timing of FWP's pen-raised pheasants plan is bad

Susitna Basin Recreational Rivers Keep Their Designations

LETTER: Montana BHA comments on the 'Pheasant Release for R3'

Hunting Educated Mountain Merriam’s And Elk Herd/Hunting Trends (& Cinco de Mayo)

EVENT RECAP: Logan Shooting Area Clean Up

BHA Podcast & Blast, Bonus Ep. 131, Sen. Jon Tester and the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

Cleanup planned for state land near Logan

Hunters Found Not Guilty in Wyoming ‘Corner Crossing’ Case

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Assistant Legislative Liaison

The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass

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