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Just Keep On Flyin'

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Kurt Ratzlaff

“Just keep on flyin’ over!” We all began laughing out loud and repeating the phrase over and over. We were loading up tools and feeling good after completing a project in a beautiful spot in our state. To most Americans, Kansas is just one of those ‘fly over’ states, or maybe THE fly over state. We Kansans sometimes catch ourselves hoping others continue thinking we have nothing worth looking at in our State. Because we know different. The Kansas Chapter of BHA had been asked to provide ...

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Support H8055A to Protect Shoreline Access in Rhode Island

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: New England BHA Chapter

On Thursday June 2nd the full RI House of Representatives convened to discuss and vote on business including this year’s shoreline access bill, H8055A, introduced by Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D, Middletown, Portsmouth). Following a short discussion and expressions of support from Representatives including Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Craven (D, North Kingstown) and Minority Leader Blake Filippi (R, Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly) the vote was taken and every ...

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EVENT RECAP: Lewis Knob Fence Pull and Habitat Restoration

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Brandon Ellis

On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, 10 Montana BHA volunteers showed up, despite a gloomy and wet forecast, to remove more than a half mile of dilapidated fencing in crucial big game winter range. This section of land currently owned by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) lies near the Clearwater River just west of the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range and receives heavy winter use from elk, whitetail and mule deer. The group was led by Montana BHA chapter leaders and the Western Land Steward ...

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6th Annual Field to Table Dinner: A Celebration of Wild Food

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Kylie Schumacher

Photos by Aaron Agosto. On May 12th, BHA hosted our most anticipated and talked about dinner of the year - Field to Table - at the Teller Wildlife Refuge in Corvallis, Montana. Made possible by presenting sponsor Finex Cast Iron Cookware Co., it was one of our best dinners yet, complete with the usual camaraderie, shenanigans and unparalleled wild game food. We owe tremendous thanks as well to our participating sponsor, Planetary Design, and auction donors, Teller Wildlife Refuge and G&H ...

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CO BHA Chapter Leaders Spearhead Fence Removal Efforts in Gunnison

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: John Chandler

On June 1st Colorado Chapter Leader John Chandler organized a fence removal project that included 25 volunteers, local staff from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA). Everyone who participated in this project worked together to improve wildlife habitat on the Almont Triangle. The Almont Triangle is a significant block of habitat that lies between Taylor Canyon and Hwy 135. The majority of the land is managed by the US Forest Service and a ...

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Was It Worth It? By Doug Peacock

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Zachary Williams

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Doug Peacock’s collection of stories in his most recent book, Was It Worth It?, proves his obsession with and loyalty to a life lived on the edges of civilization. Peacock is a man who went further, deeper, and spent more nights in wild places than most. He was so exceptional that Edward Abbey modeled his infamous character George Hayduke on him: a character willing to fight and die for ...

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Muster in the Mountains 2022: Join us in Virginia

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Mid-Atlantic BHA

BHA's third Muster in the Mountains is coming up July 22 to 24, 2022 In this iteration of the traveling eastern U.S. event, we head to a valley in the Blue Ridge just south of Shenandoah National Park, home to hosting sponsor Devils Backbone Brewing Company's Basecamp Brewpub and Meadows. The crew at Capital Region BHA has been hard at work on this event for months and will be looking forward to seeing members, friends, staff and sponsors from across the region and the nation! As is our ...

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Working together: New trail will open up thousands of acres of Bitterroot Forest lands

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Montana BHA

It’s not every day when private, county, state and federal folks come together to open up thousands of acres of public access for hikers, bikers and horseback riders. On Sunday, many of those folks that worked to find common ground will meet at the brand new C. Ben White Trailhead in the West Fork of the Bitterroot to celebrate that accomplishment. It took more than a decade to figure it out and then more partnerships than most people can remember, but a new 1.5-mile trail that begins ...

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Avian influenza outbreak stirs concerns over Montana pheasant release

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Montana BHA

As June arrives, the U.S. poultry industry is breathing a sigh of relief that the worst of the most recent outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) appears to be over. HPAI is a highly contagious viral disease in chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks, geese, and many wild birds. It’s carried by wild waterfowl and spread to other birds through contact with an infected bird’s feces, saliva, and respiratory secretions. There is no cure for HPAI. Once an individual within a ...

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Montanans Intervene in Lawsuit Attacking State Management of Elk

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sonya Smith, MWF, 406-417-9909, sonya@mtwf.org The coalition of state-based groups decries suit by property owners’ association as attempt to upend Montana’s game management, reduce public hunting opportunity HELENA, Mont. – A coalition of Montana hunting and conservation groups has taken formal action to oppose the lawsuit filed in April by the United ...

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Just Keep On Flyin'

Support H8055A to Protect Shoreline Access in Rhode Island

EVENT RECAP: Lewis Knob Fence Pull and Habitat Restoration

6th Annual Field to Table Dinner: A Celebration of Wild Food

CO BHA Chapter Leaders Spearhead Fence Removal Efforts in Gunnison

Was It Worth It? By Doug Peacock

Muster in the Mountains 2022: Join us in Virginia

Working together: New trail will open up thousands of acres of Bitterroot Forest lands

Avian influenza outbreak stirs concerns over Montana pheasant release

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