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Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission rejects hovercraft on Bitterroot River

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Laura Lundquist

By Laura Lundquist - January 6, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current Locals on fishing rafts, kayaks and inner tubes won’t have to dodge hovercraft on the Bitterroot River and a short stretch of the Clark Fork River below Kelly Island. On Monday, the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission denied James Crews’ petition to make rule changes that would allow hovercraft to cruise up and down the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers. Crews, a Bitterroot Valley resident of 20 years, tried to ...

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OPINION: Celebrating public lands with a cold one

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Land Tawney

By Land Tawney and Marc Pierce - January 3, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoulian The next chapter of the conservation movement has arrived, and it comes in a can. Highlander Beer’s Public Land Owner Pale Ale, released in collaboration with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, exemplifies the growing commitment by forward-looking businesses to protecting and improving our public lands. Together, we share the same goal: protecting our resources and celebrating our way of life. The ...

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BHA Reacts to Administration Decision to Keep Anti-Public Lands Activist Pendley as BLM Director

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Arkansas BHA Chapter

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 2, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA calls for intensified review of William Pendley’s credentials via a formal nomination process MISSOULA, Mont. – Following an order by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt extending once again the temporary appointment of anti-public lands activist William Perry Pendley as head of the Bureau of Land Management, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers president and CEO Land Tawney reignited a ...

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LETTER: Montana BHA's Follow-Up Comments on Pryors Travel Management

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Greg Munther

January 2, 2020 The Montana Chapter of BHA PO Box 9257 Missoula, MT 59808 Dave Lefevre, Field Manager dlefevre@blm.gov Jennifer Alexander, Outdoor Recreation Planner jalexander@blm.gov BLM Billings Field Office 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 Re: Pryor Draft Travel Management Plan EA (DOI-BLM-MT-C010-2019-0029-EA) Dear Ms. Alexander and Mr. Lefevre: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently commented on the Pryor draft travel plan with emphasis on the ...

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Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Richard Rosenthal

By Rich Rosenthal Conservationists celebrated a legal victory over captive deer breeding operations after a Texas appeals court reaffirmed the public ownership of wildlife, thanks in part to efforts from Texas BHA and other like-minded conservation organizations. The opinion made by the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the trial court’s decision in Bailey, Peterson v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. In the case, owners of a deer-breeding operation sued the state, arguing ...

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 67: Mark Kenyon, Founder of Wired to Hunt and Contributor to MeatEater

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

“We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.” –Wallace Stegner. This week’s podcast is an in-depth conversation with Mark Kenyon, Michigan-based hunter and fisherman, founder of Wired To Hunt, leading contributor at MeatEater Inc. and author of the new blockbuster public lands book That Wild Country. Mark and Hal talk ...

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OPINION: Weyerhaeuser land sale shows importance of LWCF, public access

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Julie Mackiewicz

By Julie Mackiewicz - December 30, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoula Current In the last minute of shooting light on one of the last days of the 2019 hunting season, I took the opportunity to harvest a mule deer buck outside of Lolo. This opportunity was made possible by the timber company Weyerhaeuser and its greatly appreciated public access policy. The parcel of land where I was hunting is in the process of being protected in perpetuity, thanks to the Trust for Public Land and ...

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LETTER: MT BHA & others comment on the Tendoy Project EA

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Hovercraft petition for rivers comes before FWP Jan. 6

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By Eve Byron - December 27, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian Jim Crews’ petition to allow hovercraft to operate on the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers through Missoula year-round is set to come before Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission during a special work session on Jan. 6 in Helena. Previously, the commission postponed the hovercraft hearing until the commission’s Feb. 6 meeting. But the hearing was moved up a month after commissioners decided to also work at the January ...

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2019

BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS 2019 POLICY ROUNDUP

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

2019 marked Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' busiest and most successful year yet. From Washington, D.C., to the Yukon, we came out swinging on all fronts and secured a number of important wins for our public lands, waters and wildlife. Find out more below. Visit www.backcountryhunters.org/donate. BHA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and your donation is tax deductible. FEDERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act (S. 47) was BHA’s most ...

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Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission rejects hovercraft on Bitterroot River

OPINION: Celebrating public lands with a cold one

BHA Reacts to Administration Decision to Keep Anti-Public Lands Activist Pendley as BLM Director

LETTER: Montana BHA's Follow-Up Comments on Pryors Travel Management

Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 67: Mark Kenyon, Founder of Wired to Hunt and Contributor to MeatEater

OPINION: Weyerhaeuser land sale shows importance of LWCF, public access

LETTER: MT BHA & others comment on the Tendoy Project EA

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