British Columbia’s wildlife and habitat faces unprecedented and accelerating challenges due to climate change, increasing human activity and competing pressures on the land base. The status quo is resulting in the degradation and loss of habitat and declining wildlife populations. Recognizing that change is necessary, the province has recently released the Together For Wildlife Strategy as a proposed pathway for improved wildlife management and habitat conservation. Within this strategy the ...

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This October, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources agreed to purchase the Storey Lake property in Otsego and Charlevoix counties in the North East Lower Peninsula. This win for Michigan sportsmen and women comes after two decades of negotiation and advocacy by sportsmen’s groups. The 2,000-acre property is within Michigan’s primary elk range and contains the formerly private Storey Lake as well as more than a mile of Stewart Creek. This acquisition — in addition to bolstering public ...

By Seaborn Larson - December 17, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian U.S. timber giant Weyerhaeuser Company on Tuesday announced it has agreed to sell its Montana timberland to a private timberland investment company. Weyerhauser has agreed to sell 630,000 acres of Montana timberland to the company for $145 million in cash. The deal puts 110,000 acres into a conservation easement, according to the announcement. The company did not name the prospective buyer. A longtime agreement ...

Hunters love to spin yarns, and fish stories as unbelievable as they are entertaining are as old as angling. In this light, storytelling is familiar territory for the BHA community. On a chilly December evening in Vermont, members of the New England Chapter gathered for a Pint Night that celebrated tales from the field with a new twist. Teaming up with environmental education staff from Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and local food advocates from Rooted In Vermont, we created a "story ...