Do you want to win a lifetime Kansas hunting license? It's pretty simple: take advantage of Kansas' Walk-In Hunting Access program to hunt private land and submit a photo of your hunt! The Kansas Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is partnering with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) to co-sponsor a photo contest in celebration of the 25th anniversary of KDWPT’s incredibly successful Walk-In Hunting Access (WIHA) program! This program annually provides hunters ...

On Saturday October 31, over 40 local residents, supporters, and community members gathered on a crisp Arkansas morning at the Pine Tree Research Station headquarters to help pick up trash and show support for keeping the property open to the public.  As the sun gained distance from the horizon, individuals and families started streaming in, and very quickly stories were being shared along with pictures from cell phones, passed back and forth. It became evident very quickly to this outsider ...

Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of the new book American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God & Public Lands in the West,which explores the intersection of religious belief and landscape. Quammen never set out to write about the Bundys, or Mormonism. But her interviews with Bundy family members and her exhaustive study of the history of the Latter Day Saints revealed a side of the anti-public lands movement that no other writer or scholar has even approached. American Zion is an essential resource for ...

NOTE: The original post contained an error about EPLUS harvest reporting requirements. It has been corrected here. A new report by the powerful Legislative Finance Committee says New Mexico elk hunters have been short-changed by the Department of Game and Fish over the years, through the controversial E-PLUS program that gives a substantial portion of licenses to landowners. The report, released Oct. 28, encourages the State Game Commission to revise E-PLUS to expand its benefits to ...