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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 127: Florida Gulf Coast Writer, Naturalist and Advocate Jack Rudloe

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Hal herring
Jack Rudloe is one of the orneriest watermen on the Florida Gulf Coast, a time- and sun-honed fighter for clean water, intact forests and wetlands, and the myriad salt and freshwater life that depends upon it all. He is a world-renowned scientist and researcher, a commercial harvester of sea life, an unparalleled educator and the author of nine books and hundreds of articles. He and his wife Anne founded Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in the fishing town of Panacea in 1980. Hal and Jack ...
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Whitetails, Wolves, Moose & Grizz

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: David Lien
Growing up in northern Minnesota, with the great outdoors at my doorstep, facilitated plenty of hunting, trapping, fishing, hiking and canoeing in the vast expanse of woodlands and waterways found there. As a result, I’m no stranger to encountering the region’s predator and prey species, including whitetail deer, moose and wolves. Still, I can count on one hand the close encounters I’ve had with wolves during my lifetime. Boundary Waters Journal publisher Stuart Osthoff is in the same boat. ...
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Support 'No Net Loss' in Georgia

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Georgia BHA
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 ...
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BHA Continues Support of Hunting, Fishing on National Wildlife Refuges

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Arkansas BHA Chapter
BHA continues to track litigation over hunting and fishing opportunities on national wildlife refuges, including reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is engaged in discussions with the Center for Biological Diversity.   We’ve always supported the expansion of public hunting and fishing access on National Wildlife Refuge System lands and waters, for many years and across multiple administrations, and we remain strongly opposed to any actions that would diminish the expansion of ...
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OPINION: Let's fix the 454 public elk hunting access agreements

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Jake Schwaller
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. ...
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National Wildlife Refuges: A Hunting and Fishing Perspective

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Arkansas BHA Chapter
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Colorado Legislature Considers Crossings Bill

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Brien Webster
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 ...
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Sunday Hunting Bill Passes Out of the Virginia Legislature

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Katie McKalip
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, ...
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“Backcountry on Ice” Fishing Event A Big Hit

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: David Lien
The Colorado BHA chapter Denver and Boulder Groups sponsored a “Backcountry on Ice” fishing event on March 6. A group of hardy anglers met for a carpool in Boulder Saturday morning before departing to the Brainard Lake Recreation Area trailhead near Ward, and then hiked 1.5 miles through an elevation gain of 1,000 ft to Brainard Lake. Former Colorado BHA Board member Russell Bassett took lead in organizing the event and said (in part): “Ten BHA members participated, and there were several ...
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3/4/22 NMDGF Game Commission Recap

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Joel Gay
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 ...
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