Camas Creek NWF, USFWS photo by Brent Lawrence   In the past week, we saw the Idaho State Legislature adopt Senate Joint Memorial 104 which requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) transfer ownership of the Camas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG). Echoing the sentiment of the larger movement to transfer ownership of federal lands to the states, Senate Joint Memorial 104 is short-sighted and casts misplaced blame on the USFWS for what is a larger, ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February, 24th, 2025 BHA Contact: Dre Arman arman@backcountryhunters.org BLM Contact: Bruce Hallman bhallman@blm.gov Interagency Collaboration Leads to Reward for Private Citizen Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to issue a reward of $250 to a private citizen for their efforts to report illegal motorized use on public lands, which resulted in a conviction for violation of the BLM’s travel management policy.  On November 13th, 2024, BLM Law Enforcement ...

Welcome to your first glimpse of BHA's Western Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting wild public lands, waters and wildlife across the West. Much like wading through the marsh wearing heavy waders and a bag overloaded with decoys, BHA’s chapter leaders are trudging through a few bills this legislative session that will require careful footwork and dogged persistence. While there are many mission critical bills currently in front of BHA's chapters, one ...

By Melissa Hendrickson   What better way to celebrate the rejection of Proposition 127 in Colorado, the citizen initiative that tried to ban mountain lion hunting, than baking up a delicious treat using rendered mountain lion fat? This jar of fat was reserved for special occasions as it was my husband’s first mountain lion and our first time cooking and baking with cat fat. If you don’t happen to have any cougar fat on hand, this recipe can be easily substituted with any other fat you might ...