Photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC-BY-SA   In Alaska, our western “North of 60” counterpart, you might hear - “Our issues aren’t the same up here!”  Yukoners might say the same, but our comparison is with our Canadian provinces, and not the lower 48. Yukon is a large territory which, in spite of a population of only 42,000 people (and 60,000 moose), has a few real challenges ahead. Some of those challenges are: limited road/water travel corridors and backcountry access points; a ...

June 17, 2021 Mary Erickson, Forest SupervisorCuster Gallatin. National Forest10 East Babcock St.Bozeman, MT 59715 Re: Great American Outdoors Act funds for the Custer Gallatin National Forest Dear Supervisor Erickson, I am writing this letter on behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to voice our support for the Custer Gallatin National Forest’s FY 23 funding proposal. This proposal utilizes funding from the Great American Outdoors Act to address deferred maintenance ...

On June 12th, a soggy Saturday morning, ten Montana BHA volunteers teamed up with the four members of a longtime Montana ranching family to remove some unneeded and unruly fence. Montana BHA, RMEF and HHA members helped out Over the years, volunteers from Montana BHA, Hellgate Hunters & Anglers and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, as well neighbors, have helped the family install five miles of wildlife-friendly fencing on the Lolo National Forest where this family holds a grazing ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 14, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Attendees share stories, gain skills, rally for public lands and waters at a massive campout in western Montana MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ North American Rendezvous drew an appreciative crowd of public lands hunters, anglers, gatherers and others to western Montana this month for three days of camping, seminars, backcountry skills sessions, speakers, fun and ...

Springtime in North America is a special time for mushroom enthusiasts. With warmer temperatures, one of the most delicious and coveted of edible fungi start to cryptically emerge from the forest floor: morels. Morels grow in many areas across North America, but they are notoriously and frustratingly finicky about where they will grow. Some species of morels are associated with certain trees, such as cottonwoods, but even looking in the right places doesn’t mean you’ll find any of these ...