Montana officials approved plans to temporarily expand emergency haying and grazing on various wildlife management areas in support of livestock producers affected by drought. The decision freed up 15 new emergency haying and grazing leases at sites in 14 wildlife management areas. Three of the affected areas — the Canyon Ferry, Fleecer Mountain and Blacktail wildlife management areas — lie in southwest Montana in Broadwater, Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead and Madison counties. Read ...

Photo by Erich Dutchover The vast, open sagebrush country of Nevada is often overlooked by travelers passing through. Even long-time residents take this drab, grey-green desert shrub for granted. The once ubiquitous sagebrush is vanishing in plain site, yet it rarely gets the attention of other imperiled landscapes. About half of the 500,000 square miles of sagebrush that once covered large expanses of North America still remains. Nevada loses an average of 200,000 acres of sagebrush every ...

On August 10, the Idaho Department of Lands (“IDL”) notified Trident Holdings, LLC that the Trident proposal to exchange just over 20,000 acres of timberland in northern Idaho for a similar amount of acreage of state endowment land around Payette Lake had been rejected. Idaho BHA has been involved in efforts to develop conservation solutions as alternatives to development on endowment lands around Payette Lake, and background on this work can be found here, as well as in an update post ...

July 10 & 11 OR BHA members logged & brushed out 4 miles of trail in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.  This project was completed in conjunction with Wallowa Mountains Hells Canyon Trails Association (WMHCTA_.  The volunteer crew of 5 people and 7 long eared mules endured the hot temps to ensure future wilderness users safe access.  If you are interested in helping out, there are miles of trails that could use your help.  Meet like-minded people and enjoy our public lands.  Check out the WMHCTA ...

I’m a better angler than hunter and I’m a better thinker than angler, but to be honest, I do not hold the bar very high for the latter. This ranking of skill probably has to do with the fact that I spend a fair amount of time fishing and a fair amount of time hunting and during both of those pursuits I frequently find myself in situations where the only reasonable conclusion I can draw is that the fish or game I’m chasing simply doesn’t exist. This leaves ample time for me to practice my ...