February 10, 2020     The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & AnglersPO Box 9257 Missoula, MT 59807     Carol Hatfield, District Ranger Belt Creek- White Sulphur Springs Ranger District 204 West Folsom P.O. Box A White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645   Subject: Horsefly Vegetation Project     Dear Ranger Hatfield,     The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (MT BHA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Horsefly Project. Our 3,250 Montana members rely heavily on public ...

 

Photos by TJ Booth (@tbimage) On January 30th, 2020 nearly 300 people gathered to watch the International Fly Fishing Film Festival hosted by the Utah State University Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Collegiate Club. For the second year in a row, USU BHA packed the house at the Utah Theatre to raise funds to protect our public lands and give back to the lands in Cache Valley. Members of the local community as well as people from hours away in Utah and Idaho came together for the love of fly ...

In March of 2019, BHA and public land owners everywhere celebrated the passage of S.47, a legislative package of more than 100 bills called the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act. Today, the Bureau of Land Management is taking a major step forward in its implementation of the Dingell Act by addressing landlocked public lands across the West. We applaud U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for prioritizing this important issue and encouraging ...

This past August, the Utah State University Backcountry Hunters and Anglers along with Cache Anglers Trout Unlimited Chapter assisted Clint Brunson of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in electrofishing Temple Fork and Spawn Creek documenting non-native trout encroaching into this system. These creeks are located only 30 minutes away from our campus in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Volunteers aiding Utah DWR in capturing invasive brown trout during electrofishing. Photo: ...