Anyone who has hiked Mount Timpanogos has likely seen (and been stared down) by a mountain goat somewhere along the trail. I didn’t know this was a normal occurrence when I did this hike for the first time in August 2018.  Coming around a bend in the trail, I peered between tree branches, tall grasses and scraggly bushes into a shallow gully and saw snowy white haunches and a nub-tail.  My brain interpreted this sight as “polar bear butt”.  Mightily confused, I stopped questioning my sanity ...

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers’ members have a passion for backcountry recreation. Still, they have a wide range of experience when it comes to backpacking, and incorporating hunting or fishing into the same. To help familiarize people with backpacking, and increase the skill levels of those already having a solid knowledge, the California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers organized a backcountry introduction and shakeout in the San Gabriel National Monument on June 8th. The ...

There aren’t many universal truths that stand the test of time, but I’ve got one. This will be my 4thseason that I call the Cuyahoga River my home water. I live between Akron and Cleveland, a wilderness paradise very similar to the Frank Church. I’m less than 10 minutes from the Cuyahoga and a mile from one of its main tributaries, Yellow Creek. I fish a lot and I’ve found great wadeable stretches throughout the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio’s only National Park, and county and city ...

Public land owners have a HUGE OPPORTUNITY to help shape public land management on nearly 800,000 acres in Southwest Idaho!  The Four Rivers Field Office of the BLM is taking public comments until August 22nd on a proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP).  This RMP is likely to be the guiding management document for the next 20 years or more.  The key is making sure YOU use your voice to let the BLM know that you want the land managed in such a way to ensure high quality wildlife habitat and ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Lora Heckman to serve as Assistant Regional Director for Northern Colorado. Lora was born and raised in central Indiana. “My parents were huge influences on doing things outdoors–they always took us to visit cool places when we were young,” she said. “I didn’t really start hunting and fishing until I met my future husband, KC, in Colorado in 2002. KC found a way to weave fishing and hunting into what at the time was my ...