UPDATED: 6/22/22 Snake River salmon and steelhead are iconic species. Huge runs of large, strong fish historically made the journey from the Pacific Ocean up the Columbia to the Snake River and vast array of tributaries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to spawn. They are indicator species that speak to the health of a watershed and are revered for sustenance and sport by anglers. The loss of Snake River salmon and steelhead, all federally listed as endangered or threatened, creates severe ...

Durrell Smith is a bird dog trainer, artist, podcaster and writer from Georgia. He founded the Minority Outdoor Alliance, a pioneer in connecting minorities to their history and voice in the hunting and angling communities. “He lives what he speaks,” as Hal says of Durrell, who is also a bobwhite quail hunting fanatic, guiding and chasing birds largely on public lands. Through his work and pursuits, he is carrying on an incredible lineage of Southern quail hunting and dog training, giving ...

By Matt Breton                                                                                                                                    This piece was first published in VTDigger   Last June, I wrote a commentary about how much I valued public land during the initial months of my Covid-19 furlough. Now, a year into this pandemic, having returned to work in the health care setting, the value of having access to that land has only increased to me and, I suspect, many other users. I ...

Rhode Island’s Constitution, Article 1 Section 17 states: “The People shall continue to enjoy and freely exercise all rights of fishery, and the privileges of the shore, to which they have been heretofore entitled under the charter and usage of this state, including but not limited to fishing from the shore, the gathering of seaweed, leaving the shore to swim in the sea and passage along the shore” This language was approved by over 2/3 of Rhode Island voters in a ballot initiative following ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 12, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members advocated for increased hunter opportunity, access RALEIGH, N.C. – Public lands hunters in the Tar Heel state are celebrating following a vote by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to open public game lands in the state, including all of the state’s national forests, to hunting on Sundays for the first time. The commission’s action ...