News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 16, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Prime big game habitat and fisheries left vulnerable as administration exempts Tongass National Forest from management under National Roadless Rule MISSOULA, Mont. – Fish and wildlife-rich backcountry areas in the Tongass National Forest, America’s largest, will be opened to logging, road construction and industrial development under a proposal being advanced by the U.S. Department of ...

You may have heard of the Bighorn Observation Program in the Weminuche Wilderness in southwestern Colorado. If not, check out this story by High Country News. Program creators Terry Meyers, the Executive Director for the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, and Dan Parkinson, Southwestern Colorado Regional Director for BHA, are looking to expand this citizen science project into the Gunnison Valley. On Thursday, October 3, Dan and Terry gave a public lecture at Western Colorado University on ...

In September our Arizona chapter held its 1st annual Dove Cook-off and Pint Night to celebrate the opening of dove season. Held in Yuma, the event brought together BHA members and supporters from across the region to celebrate our public lands, raise awareness of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and engage with likeminded hunters and anglers. The chef who prepared the best dove-based dish received a prize package from Traeger Grills. Here, I've complied one of the winning recipes we've ...

Idaho BHA members spend much of September in the woods in their favorite spots, whether chasing elk, hunting grouse or fishing for high mountain trout. This year Idaho BHA members combined their love of outdoors in September with their dedication to conservation by participating in BHA's inaugural Public Lands Pack Out program, helping clean up our public lands by committing to removing trash from public lands. Across the U.S. September is recognized as public lands month, and BHA chapters ...

Originally published in the Missoulian I am the son, grandson and great-grandson of timber men and ranchers in the Flathead Valley. My family came to Montana in the '30s to capitalize on the vast richness of opportunity, to raise a large family and live in a place that was like no other. Earning a living on private and public lands in and around this valley lent itself to free time being spent hunting lands and fishing the rivers and lakes that flow through and dot the landscape. These ...