News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 13, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed a unanimous vote by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to advance a measure that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually. The House Natural Resources Committee passed a modified version of a bill, H.R. 502, in a voice vote today. Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and ...

Idaho BHA is looking for volunteers for a stewardship project at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, September 22. Volunteers will replace bark on one of the refuges environmental education/public use trails using wheelbarrows, rakes and shovels. Volunteers should plan to meet at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge headquarters at 9:00AM. The project should take 3-4 hours and volunteers are welcome to leave early if needed. Work pants and shirts, sturdy footwear and gloves are ...

By Alex Sakariassen - September 6, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoula Independent  Last spring, a billboard appeared in the Bitterroot Valley. It featured six pissed-off-looking locals and a demand aimed at Ravalli County’s five-member commission: “Respect public lands.” The same photo and message were duplicated on yard signs distributed throughout the county by a group of citizens calling themselves Our Land, Our Legacy. Four months later, the commission asked Attorney General Tim ...

by Tovar Cerulli - Orion: The Hunter's Institute The image is familiar: A hunter crouches beside a dead deer, grinning into the camera. What do we make of this picture? We all see the hunter’s smile. We all see the beautiful animal, now dead. And we all recognize some connection between the two. From there, though, interpretations diverge wildly. Critics of hunting are apt to see mindless brutality. The hunter has killed, appears to have enjoyed killing, and now gloats over a carcass. ...

With the Department of Interior's current emphasis of energy dominance on our public lands it’s important for us as sportsmen to be paying close attention to where and how this development is taking place. A timely example of this is the upcoming BLM December lease sale here in Colorado. With 227 parcels totaling 236,010 acres across the state, many impacting priority habitat for sage grouse, elk, mule deer, bighorn, moose, and pronghorn - there is a lot at stake. As sportsmen we know our ...