By John Sullivan - June 15, 2018 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette.  Montanans are paying close attention to decisions made by our elected leaders before we head to the polls this fall. One such decision front of mind for the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the Horse Creek Conservation Easement. This easement would open 20,000 acres for hunting and recreating where it’s needed most — in eastern Montana. The proposal, funded with sportsmen’s dollars — not ...

By Laura Lundquist - June 14, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoula Current. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks intends to capture a few more squares of the property checkerboard that makes up the Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area. On Thursday, the FWP Commission approved a proposal to buy two private parcels within the Fish Creek WMA from Randy Koch for $900,000. In addition to the 116-acre Whitehorse parcel on the WMA’s western edge, Koch is selling another 160-acre parcel that ...

By TIM ROWLAND, Originally published in the Sun Community News and Printing JUNE 13, 2018 2:00 PM HAGUE, New York — At an old sand pit in close proximity to the Rogers Rock State Campground, shooters have been showing up for years with a broad array of weaponry and unconventional targets, which they proceed to blast into oblivion with their shotguns and rifles. Bottles, cans, tires, televisions — anything was fair game at what the state considers to be an illegal shooting range. Aside from ...

Wow! What a winter and spring! BHA in New England is starting to really step it up. Pint Nights galore, sessions with biologists and legislators, state leadership teams, growth on the Chapter Board. We're beginning to swing the conversation on conservation our way folks!   Oh yeah, the weather was incredible too. Reports of 8" of snow in northern VT on April 20th... Read on for what has been going on in your chapter:   State-specific projects we've been involved in Details about our ...

Hal Herring talks with David Ledford, president and CEO of the Appalachian Wildlife Foundation. They discuss Ledford's history as a biologist, the accidental wildlife boom on reclaimed mines, how the private sector works with conservation, tracking birds with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Kentucky's wildlife success story, the differences between mountain lions and bobcats, diversifying the future of coal country, fundraising for the Appalachian Wildlife Center and more.