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Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new elk hunting regulations — with amendments

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Hunters will have new regulations for taking elk in the 2022-23 seasons, but the changes won’t be as dramatic as earlier proposed with an amended and unanimously approved update Friday by the Fish and Wildlife Commission. Earlier, the proposed regulations had elicited outrage by many hunters, and Friday, many members of the public on all sides of the aisle said the process had created so much confusion, they wanted the update tossed out and a return to the 2020-2021 regs. Instead, ...

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Wildlife commission adopts elk regulation changes

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Elk regulations for the next two years are set following a marathon meeting of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday that saw commissioners navigate widespread confusion and temper several controversial proposals. Friday’s vote was the culmination of a months-long process to update hunting regulations for 2022 and 2023. This year’s process took on a different look as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Hank Worsech pushed a simplification effort to revise regulations by ...

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OPINION: Clarity, finally, in the Crazy Mountains

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: John Sullivan

The long-simmering debate over public access finally had a hearing in court earlier this month. We take no joy in filing lawsuits; this is always our least preferred option to settle conflicts. It’s our last resort. However, the situation in the Crazy Mountains, where landowners have been illegally blocking public trails and the United States Forest Service isn’t doing anything about it, was one of these scenarios where we have no choice. So, in 2019, we reluctantly resorted to legal ...

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The Custer Gallatin National Forest’s new guiding doc

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After six years and tens of thousands of public comments, one of the largest and most popular national forests in the Northern Rockies has a new forest plan to guide its management for the next 15 years. The new forest plan will replace the 1986 and 1987 Custer and Gallatin forest plans. (Custer and Gallatin were combined in 2014. Prior to that they were separate national forests with individual forest plans.) The new plan fleshes out how the U.S. Forest Service will balance ecological, ...

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Controversial elk hunting regs on Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission agenda Friday

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If elk were dimwitted and equally distributed across Montana, setting rules for hunting them might be easier. But the ungulates can apparently figure out where to elude bullets and arrows, and in the face of a more-than-healthy elk population in many places but too few in others, the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is working through a new set of hunting regulations to address the conundrum. “The reality is we’ve got places where there’s too many hunters and not enough elk on public ...

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Idaho BHA Comments on H0507

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On February 1, House Bill No. 507 was introduced by the Idaho House Resources and Conservation Committee. The bill pertains to archery equipment and would make it legal for lighted nocks and mechanical broadheads to be used in the taking of game, effective July 1, 2022. While Idaho BHA does not have a formal position or opinion on the use of these tools, the Fish and Game Commission – not the legislature – should make that determination. For that reason alone, we oppose H0507. Many BHA ...

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Checking In With Our Access Raymond Commission Tag Winner

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About this time last year the Wyoming Chapter launched our Access Raymond Raffle which raised $47,000 through a commissioner tag generously donated by Commissioner Gay Lynn Byrd. We donated these funds to Wyoming Game and Fish to construct infrastructure needed to utilize an access easement secured by RMEF. Through our combined efforts the public now has access to the 33,000 acre Raymond Mountain Wilderness Study Area. We thought we'd check in with the winner of this tag to see how his hunt ...

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BHA Armed Forces Initiative 2022 Work Plan

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Senate ‘Good Samaritan’ Bill Would Facilitate Cleanup of Abandoned Mines

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News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 3, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act was long requested by hunters and anglers invested in restoring important lands and waters WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauded legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today that would facilitate the cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the Good ...

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2022 Utah Legislative Session is Underway

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The Utah Legislative Session commenced January 18, 2022 and will extend through March 4, 2022. During this time, members of the Utah State Legislature convene to revise old or consider new state laws. The volunteer chapter leaders of Utah Backcountry Hunters & Anglers actively engage in the legislative session by monitoring emerging bills on the Utah Legislature’s website relevant to BHA’s mission, meeting with representatives to discuss sponsored bills, and attending the Hunting and Fishing ...

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Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new elk hunting regulations — with amendments

Wildlife commission adopts elk regulation changes

OPINION: Clarity, finally, in the Crazy Mountains

The Custer Gallatin National Forest’s new guiding doc

Controversial elk hunting regs on Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission agenda Friday

Idaho BHA Comments on H0507

Checking In With Our Access Raymond Commission Tag Winner

BHA Armed Forces Initiative 2022 Work Plan

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