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News for Immediate ReleaseJune 18, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Reacting the nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis as Interior Assistant Secretary – Lands and Minerals, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following statement: “Laura brings critical expertise in public policy and public lands management to the Interior Department. As an accomplished policy professional serving two previous ...

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 ...