Utah BHA recently participated in a beaver dam analog habitat (BDAs) project for coldwater trout fisheries in a tributary of the Weber river today called Chalk Creek. This collaborative conservation effort was spearheaded by Trout Unlimited, Gillmor Livestock Company, Utah Division of Wildlife, and Wild Utah Project. With numerous local volunteers including many from the local Utah Backcountry Hunters & Anglers chapter, we were able to improve water quality and riparian habitat for trout and ...

A new Land and Resource Management Plan for New Mexico’s Cibola National Forest is being enacted, and the public is encouraged to comment through November 7, 2019. What will the proposed changes mean for hunters and anglers? The Cibola contains 1.6 million acres of forest and grasslands that sprawl clear into Texas and Oklahoma. But this vast swath of National Forest straddling 10 counties in central New Mexico has been operating under a management plan that was established during the ...

Originally published in the Great Falls Tribune For those willing to hoof it long distances on foot, Montana’s Crazy Mountains offer solitude, rewarding views and dozens of alpine lakes full of hungry trout. They also provide some of the best mountain goat hunting opportunities in the state. But the checkerboarded land ownership – even in the alpine – as well as illegally blocked public trails in the foothills create a unique set of challenges for anyone lucky enough to draw a tag. Goat ...

Members of the Idaho chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers crafted and submitted a letter to the BLM regarding the Four Rivers Resource Management Plan (RMP).  The letter was part of the official public comment period for the RMP which will guide future management of approximately 780,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands in SW Idaho. It is not unusual for an RMP to go decades before being replaces with a new plan, so this was a rare opportunity to help steer the BLM plan towards smart ...

Hunters and anglers united to oppose a recent decision by the Trump administration to roll back the 2015 Clean Water Rule and leave vulnerable to pollution and destruction roughly 50 percent of wetlands and 60 percent of stream miles in the United States. The 2015 rule clarified and restored consistency to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and helped protect millions of acres of wetlands and headwater streams critical to fish and wildlife populations, flood control and healthy drinking ...