The Georgia Chapter supports the No Net Loss Bill currently working its way through the Georgia legislature. House Bill 1349 would amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to prevent any net loss of acreage available for hunting on state-owned land managed by the Department of Natural Resources. The current code requires that there shall be no net loss of acreage available for hunting based on state lands managed by DNR as of 2005. The proposed legislation would update that baseline to ...

Since the now-infamous program was discovered by wealthy, out-of-state landowners like the Texas-based Wilks Brothers, FWP's public elk hunting access agreements have become a point of great contention. The intent of these agreements (colloquially known as 454 agreements) is something to celebrate. They began in 2001 as elk management tools that increased public access and opportunity while providing cooperating landowners with coveted licenses and permits to hunt their own land. ...

photo credit: Alex Krebs Colorado (March 8th) - Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is celebrating the introduction of Senate Bill (SB) 151 – Safe Crossings for Colorado Wildlife and Motorists. If passed, this bill would create a $25 million fund for wildlife crossing projects that will reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and strengthen landscape connectivity necessary to sustain healthy wildlife populations. Moreover, this bill would provide the state with matching funds needed to ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 7, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation would allow Sunday hunting on public lands in the state for the first time; legislature votes to advance bill to governor’s desk RICHMOND, Va. – Today, public lands hunters in Virginia scored a major win when the state legislature voted to advance to the governor’s desk a bill that would allow Sunday hunting on public lands in the state for the first time. The legislation, ...

If you hunt in New Mexico and want to see changes in elk, deer and other big game regulations – season dates, bag limits or anything else -- now is the time to tune in. The State Game Commission met last Friday in Socorro to begin the process of reviewing and revising all big game rules, which happens every four years. On tap right now are proposed changes in javelina, pronghorn and bighorn regulations, but other species will follow soon. Stewart Liley, the head of the NMDGF Wildlife ...