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Jun

2018

Idaho BHA submits comments to BLM regarding motorized use in Owyhees

Author: Idaho BHA
Idaho BHA Habitat Watch coordinator Dan Herrig and Habitat Watch volunteer Larry Callister worked together to submit comments to the Owyhee Field Office of the BLM regarding the Silver City Travel Management Plan, which covers a large area in southwest Idaho.  The BLM was seeking public comments for three proposed action alternatives regarding motorized use in the area covered by the Silver City Travel Management Plan. Idaho BHA supported Alternative B because this alternative would: have ...
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Jun

2018

OPINION: Montana Land Board must do its job

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 ...
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Jun

2018

Your Voice Is Needed: Public Land Access at Stake in Wyoming

We need your help. Two petitions have been sent to the Laramie County Commissioners to vacate (eliminate the public right-of-way) for two county roads (highlighted in green and pink in the map below). If approved by the Commissioners, some of the associated public lands along these roads will be rendered inaccessible. This is an important Public Lands access issue and we need your help. The Laramie County Commissioners are meeting next Tuesday (June, 19th) to decide this issue. It doesn’t ...
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Jun

2018

FWP Commission approves $900K Fish Creek land deal

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 ...
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14

Jun

2018

The Importance of Protecting the Red Desert to Hoback Mule Deer Migration Corridor

Earlier this month Wyoming BHA member Erik Kramer weighed in on the importance of the Red Desert to Hoback Mule Deer Migration Corridor and the current proposed lease sale parcels located within this range. This is the largest Mule Deer corridor on record, the integrity of this corridor is important for sportsmen and is critical to the health of our Mule Deer population in Western Wyoming. You can read Erik's letter below or by clicking this link. To learn more about this issue you can ...
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13

Jun

2018

NY BHA gets dirty to clean up public lands

Author: New York BHA
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 ...
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12

Jun

2018

POPULAR PARK-FUNDING PROGRAM SET TO EXPIRE

Author: Bryce Oates
The ballfields, wildlife habitat, trails and other amenities created through the Land and Water Conservation Fund serve communities all over the nation. “There’s not a person in rural Montana, not an American citizen, who hasn’t been impacted by a LWCF project,” says one advocate. From biking trails to fishing streams, baseball diamonds to woodlands, the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) pays for local parks and recreation areas all across America, drawing from the ...
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12

Jun

2018

New England Chapter Spring 2018 Newsletter

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 ...
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Jun

2018

Public-Land Owners: A Photo Portfolio of the Hunters and Anglers Fighting For Our Greatest Resource

By Maggie Hamilton - June 11, 2018 - Originally published in the Field & Stream. Maggie Hamilton grew up in northern Wisconsin, and most years she still makes it back home to hunt opening weekend of deer season with her 93-year-old grandfather. That passion for wild places, and the connections they nourish, informs her work behind the lens. Hamilton recently graduated with a Master of Arts in photography from the University of Montana—she was a photography intern for Missoula-based ...
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Jun

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 24: David Ledford, CEO and President of the Appalachian Wildlife Foundation

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.
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