By Keila Szpaller - May 12, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoulian.   Maggie Hamilton's subjects look like they could step right out from their portraits, and they look the viewer in the eye. Rifle and bow hunters in the forest. A snorkeler in the sea. A trapper. A runner. A mule packer. Printed on 50-by-30 inch aluminum sheets, the photographs taken by the University of Montana master's of arts graduate are part of her project to show people's relationship to public ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed George Robinson to serve on the Chapter Leadership Team as Northeast Colorado Assistant Regional Director and Jordan Smith to serve as a Habitat Watch Volunteer for the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forest. George Robinson George was born and raised in Parker, Texas. “I grew up fishing … sunfish in the small creek behind my house, and largemouth bass in the old quarry down the street,” he says. George was also known ...

  News for Immediate ReleaseMay 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Public lands sportsmen and women in Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio launch chapters as young group continues unprecedented growth   MISSOULA, Mont. –Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members demonstrated again their passion and commitment to public lands and waters and to North America’s fastest-growing sportsmen’s group, forming four new BHA chapters and further ...

New Mexico Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members will vote in several crucial elections in 2018 that will affect hunting, fishing, and the management of wildlife and public lands, including governor, who appoints members of the state game commission and has authority over the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, and commissioner of public lands, who manages roughly 13 million acres of state trust land and controls citizen access to some 9 million acres for hunting, camping and other ...

HB 2210 was introduced to the Arizona House earlier during the 2018 legislative session and passed out of committee on a 5 to 3 vote. This bill was met with large opposition by sportsmen and women, recreational groups, ranchers, and multiple other public land users. Fortunately, it was not brought to the House floor in the latest legislative session, but it is clear that the intent of this bill was to strengthen the misguided attempt to transfer the control of public lands to the states. The ...