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 ...

“Many hands make light work”. When these words were penned in the 1324 cult classic Bevis of Hampton, folks may have scoffed at it. Or they could have loved it. Who knows? But what I do know is that now days, those words ring truer and truer. On September 25, 2019, The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service and United Forest Service entered into a Shared Stewardship Agreement with the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, North Carolina ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Liz Rose to serve as Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) State Trust Lands Liaison. Liz was born and raised in the California Coast Range and was lucky to live in the hills of the relatively small (by Bay Area standards) town of Los Gatos with a park behind her house. “I spent a lot of time running around on deer trails under oak trees, and through poison oak, unfortunately,” she said. “We had a garden and orchard, would ...