On January 29th, The Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Club of Saint Michael's College held its first event of the semester in conjunction with Vermont Fish and Wildlife and their Learn to Fish program. 15- 20 students attended, only four of which had gone ice fishing before, and for several of them, it was their first time fishing at all. It was a very cold day, only 15 or so degrees without the windchill, but nonetheless, we braved the elements. The event started with a forty-minute ...

By Tristan Scott - February 20, 2020 - Originally published in the Flathead Beacon Montana leadership promises full funding even as president’s budget includes 97% cut in spending on Land and Water Conservation Fund President Donald Trump released his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year this week, rankling public lands advocates by calling for dramatic cuts to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a popular bipartisan program that has been instrumental in ...

Think football season is over? Maybe not in Chief’s Kingdom! The Kansas Chapter of BHA has set up an 8 events in 8 weeks BHA Blitz! Check out our game plan: Kansas BHA has been working with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to develop a list of cooperative projects in State Parks and Wildlife Areas. At two events in the next two months, BHA members will help KDWPT with tree and brush removal, fence removal and clean-up of damage from the 2019 floods. A long list of ...

Vermont, like many other states, is realizing that outdoor recreation is big business and is trying to leverage this sector to encourage economic growth. At the same time there are efforts afoot to update Act 250, the Vermont statute that regulates land use. One issue that overlaps both of these topics is policy around the development of new trails and trail systems. On one hand the state and businesses are trying to stimulate the economy, in part, by quickly establishing new trail systems ...