By Laura Lundquist - June 17, 2020 - Originally posted in the Missoula Current   With U.S. Senate passage of a significant public lands bill, it’s likely that the Land and Water Conservation Fund will finally receive full funding while other money will help reduce the maintenance backlog on federal lands. On Wednesday, Montanans celebrated a second conservation victory in as many days when the U.S. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act on a bipartisan vote of 73-25. The Act appeared ...

By Laura Lundquist - June 17, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current  An appeals court added one more chapter to a 38-year struggle when it ruled against an oil company that’s demanding to drill in the Badger-Two Medicine, an area along the Northern Continental Divide that is sacred to the Blackfeet Nation. On Tuesday, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned a federal district judge who ruled in September 2018 that Louisiana-based Solonex LLC should be allowed to ...

Iowa-based Phil Bourjaily is America’s shotgunner and one of North America’s foremost experts on shotguns and shooting. In addition to writing a monthly column – for nearly three decades – for Field & Stream, where he is shotguns editor, Phil has authored Field & Stream’s The Total Gun Manual (with fellow firearms writer David Petzal), Shotgun Guide, and other books. But he is also a writer’s writer, a dedicated coach of youth trap and skeet teams, and a hunter who spends countless days ...

We are launching the Get Outdoors Giveaway to bring attention to the Great American Outdoors Act moving forward in Congress right now and to ask for your support. The New Jersey Chapter has worked hard to secure permanent reauthorization and fully dedicated funding for the Land Water Conservation Fund. Our chapter leaders have been hitting the phones, contacting members, and speaking with legislators to pass this landmark legislation. Enter our Get Outdoors Giveaway below and not only will ...

Every year at BHA’s annual rendezvous, sportsmen and women receive top honors for their contributions to public lands and waters. This year’s award winners were announced late last week in a press release. New this year was the Rachel L. Carson Award, which goes to a new and emerging leader who has gone above and beyond in their contributions to the BHA and conservation communities. Kyle Hildebrandt, president of the BHA club at the University of Minnesota received this inaugural ...