News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 26, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Most significant conservation legislation passed by Congress in a decade includes permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund   WASHINGTON – A massive package of public lands bills awaits the president’s signature following a vote today by the U.S. House of Representatives, making reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and other key measures ...

Hal goes south to meet old friends in the hurricane-battered backcountry of north Florida and talk about survival, spears and slingshots, pit bulls, blacksmithing, baskets, knives and traps, and that place where function becomes inseparable from art. Podcast guest Madison Parker was a U.S. Navy SEAL for 12 years and now teaches survival skills, homemade weapons and primitive hunting skills to SEAL teams and other military and civilian clients from his home base on the Chipola River near ...

By Joe Perry - February 23, 2019 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette As far as real estate deals go, illegally gating a public road in Montana is about as cheap as it gets. Under current law, violators risk a fine of only $10 per day to close off public access for their own personal benefit. Yet that paltry fine is never even levied because it would cost the county more to enforce it than the amount of the fine. As a result, bad actors can close off access to public roads with ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 21, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Renowned gear and apparel company partners with public lands group on expanded ‘Campfire Stories’ series, limited edition BHA logo apparel   MISSOULA, Mont. – Filson and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers will be accelerating their successful partnership in 2019, today announcing the continuation of the popular Campfire Stories, a public lands-focused storytelling event series launched in ...

In a recent High Country News article, Wyoming Chair Buzz Hettick shared his observations on public land access issues. You can read the article below or by following this link. Why Wyoming’s public lands are locked up The Cowboy State has more inaccessible public lands than anywhere in the West. Christine Peterson, High Country News, Jan. 30, 2019 In mid-2016, a state of Wyoming website ran a notice detailing a proposed land exchange. Not many people bother to read such postings, and even ...