Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers for the 14th Annual North American Rendezvous. Between June 13-15, we’re headed back to our roots in Missoula, Montana! Secure your spot and experience iconic events like the Wild Game Cookoff, Public Lands and Waters Celebration, Brewfest, and more. Whether you're flying solo or bringing the whole crew to this family-friendly event, you won’t want to miss this gathering filled with all-new educational seminars, hands-on demos, and some of your favorite ...

Camas Creek NWF, USFWS photo by Brent Lawrence   In the past week, we saw the Idaho State Legislature adopt Senate Joint Memorial 104 which requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) transfer ownership of the Camas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG). Echoing the sentiment of the larger movement to transfer ownership of federal lands to the states, Senate Joint Memorial 104 is short-sighted and casts misplaced blame on the USFWS for what is a larger, ...

Come with us to Houston, Texas, to talk saltwater fishing, conservation, philosophy and life with Pat Murray, former light tackle fishing guide and President of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA). Pat is the author of Pat Murray’s No-Nonsense Guide to Coastal Fishing and the just-published It’s More than Fishing, from Texas A&M University Press. He’s also the publisher of TIDES magazine, and an award-winning outdoor writer and reporter. CCA was founded in 1977 to address the ...

For nearly 150 years, the 1872 Mining Act has shaped hardrock mining on our public lands. Enacted in an era of rapid expansion and resource extraction, the act was originally designed to fuel growth in a burgeoning nation. However, what was once a forward-thinking policy now stands as an outdated framework that fails to address modern environmental challenges and scientific understandings. A Look Back: The History of the 1872 Mining Act Passed in 1872 during a period when economic expansion ...

Did you know that one adult oyster filters 2.5 gallons of water per hour? Last Friday 3/21/2025, SC BHA met and helped SCDNR build Manufactured Wire Reefs (MWR) for the SCORE program. The SC BHA team were able to make 15 MWRs. With each MWR recruiting about 7000 oysters or so with 105,000 oysters recruited, each oyster filtering x 2.5 gallons of water per hour = 262,5000 gallons of water per hour.  Multiply that by 24 hours in a day = 6,300,000 gallons of water per day!!!! The purpose of ...