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 ...

October 30th, 2020   Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission1420 East Sixth AvenueP.O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59620   RE: Madison River Recreational Management Proposed Rules and EA   Dear Montana FWP Commission:   On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ roughly 3,000 dues-paying members we submit the following suggestions in response to the Madison River Recreational Management Proposed Rules and EA.   We applaud the Commission’s efforts in taking steps towards ...

Ohio BHA's Policy & Advocacy Committee hopes you follow our journey as we learn about the impacts of lead in hunting and angling, confront our own misconceptions about the subject, and consider voluntary and incremental adoptions of non-lead alternatives as we seek to become better stewards of our public lands and waters and encourage additional research and continued education and communication. As anglers we have an innate connection to rivers, streams, lakes and the larger biotic ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 27, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Montana Headwaters Legacy Act would permanently conserve 336 miles of rivers in the state by designating them wild and scenic MISSOULA, Mont. – Critical waterways in Montana would be permanently protected in new legislation, the Montana Headwaters Legacy Act, introduced by Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT). Tester’s bill would designate as wild and scenic portions of 17 rivers, totaling 336 ...