Jul

2021

OPINION: Proposal would kill the wrong elk

I have never heard an elk hunter or a Forest Service employee complain about too many elk on Montana's public lands. The persistent narrative of over-abundance is a private lands issue, not one of public lands. Yet, we are about to make it one, with dire consequences. Under FWP's current proposal to open up January and February elk hunting in 19 hunting districts — now including national forest — many will die for the wrong reason, in the wrong location, at a time when they shouldn't be ...

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20

Jul

2021

Senate to Consider Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Author: Katie McKalip

WASHINGTON – Targeted species conservation would receive a major annual funding boost via the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Roy Blunt (R-MO). The bill annually directs $1.3 billion to state fish and wildlife agencies and an additional $97.5 million to tribal fish and wildlife managers for management of at-risk species under science-based wildlife action plans, all while also supporting critical ...

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Jul

2021

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Author: Julia Peebles

In partnership with a coalition of organizations, businesses and fish and wildlife management agencies that make up the Alliance for America’s Fish & Wildlife, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is working to advance legislation that would dedicate nearly $1.4 billion annually to help state and tribal fish and wildlife management agencies proactively manage at-risk species and prevent them from being added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species. Introduced by Reps. Debbie ...

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19

Jul

2021

Protecting Public Waters: BHA's Capital Chapter partners with the Boy Scouts of America

Author: Joshua Veverka

Monofilament fishing line is an environmental hazard, which can cause harm by entangling wildlife, tangling and jamming boat props and polluting fisheries across the country. The strength properties we value in fishing line that help us to land those lunker bass are the same properties that require more than 600 years to break down in the environment. It is vital that we increase the uptake of recycling of used line and commit to disposing of it correctly. Even in a landfill, discarded ...

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19

Jul

2021

EVENT RECAP: Horse Prairie Fence Pull, July 17

Author: Montana BHA

Early last year, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) launched a six-year study called the Montana Pronghorn Movement and Population Ecology Project with the goal of identifying migration patterns, seasonal ranges and potential barriers. In the Big Hole study area, roughly 60 pronghorn does were collared with GPS units that report hourly on their location. After one year, some rather surprising information was gathered suggesting that populations of pronghorn are traveling great distances ...

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16

Jul

2021

FWP wants feedback on public land elk shoulder season hunts

Author: Montana BHA

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking the public if elk shoulder seasons should expand onto additional public lands in some hunting districts. The agency issued a supplemental request for public comment this week ahead of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in August where the body will make final decisions on extending shoulder seasons to Feb. 15 in 19 hunting districts. The hunting districts under consideration for extension after the commission’s June meeting are 262, ...

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16

Jul

2021

Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

Author: Katie McKalip

MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is landing in mailboxes across North America. Venture out on summer adventures on our public lands and waters. Learn more about trending issues impacting our fish and wildlife and hunting and fishing opportunities. Here’s a preview: Return of the Buffalo: Beginning with a jaw-dropping piece of original art by Ed Anderson on the cover and a call to action from BHA President and CEO ...

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16

Jul

2021

Tracks: An Animal Tracking Book for Kids by Ann Schaefer, John Schaefer and Tina Howell

Author: Zachary Williams

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Tracks is a piece of art. I love the ways you can use it, as a quick facts book or a full-on tracking book. Both kids and adults will appreciate this book. I enjoyed it very much, and as I am 11, I can safely say that many adults would find this an amazing starter book while kids can learn many new things. The author gives a wide variety of animals that you can track. And parts, such as about a ...

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16

Jul

2021

Embers & Ecology: Historical Fires

Author: Carmen Vanbianchi

The dramatic increase in wildfires since 2000 is strikingly obvious in these maps. And unfortunately, the increase both in number of fires and in area burned only continues to climb. With our landscapes burning at an unprecedented rate and way outside the historical fire regime, now more than ever we need to be vigilant about human-caused ignitions. Some hazards such as campfires, tiki torches, charcoal BBQs, fireworks, and liquid fuel candles or lanterns are obvious, but others ...

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15

Jul

2021

Alaska Roadless Habitat Conserved, Local Economies Boosted in USDA Plan

Author: Katie McKalip

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry roadless lands in the Tongass National Forest, a public lands crown jewel in southeast Alaska, will see conservation safeguards restored and new measures put in place under a U.S. Department of Agriculture approach to boost the region’s economy, support local communities and conserve priceless natural resources. USDA’s Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy will end large-scale old-growth timber sales in the Tongass, focusing management practices instead on ...

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Media

OPINION: Proposal would kill the wrong elk

Senate to Consider Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Protecting Public Waters: BHA's Capital Chapter partners with the Boy Scouts of America

EVENT RECAP: Horse Prairie Fence Pull, July 17

FWP wants feedback on public land elk shoulder season hunts

Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

Tracks: An Animal Tracking Book for Kids by Ann Schaefer, John Schaefer and Tina Howell

Embers & Ecology: Historical Fires

Alaska Roadless Habitat Conserved, Local Economies Boosted in USDA Plan

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