Photo by Daniel Wilde For roughly two-thirds of the 20th Century, hunters and fishers were the bedrock of conservation. But beginning in the early 1970s, the ground shifted. The accomplishments of the conservation movement, to which hunters contributed mightily, began to pale in the face of new environmental issues and a new environmental movement that had priorities not centered on restoration of game and fish and the habitats on which they depend. Indeed, protection of wildlife and ...

An ‘Elitist’ Public-Lands Sportsman Responds to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke By TOM HEALY - January 9, 2018 - Originally published in Outdoor Life Editor's Note: This is a reader response to our profile on Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, in which Zinke said that prioritizing backcountry recreation limits public land access to "an elitist sort of hunter and fisherman." I am conflicted. I learned today from Outdoor Life that to Mr. Secretary Ryan Zinke, I am an elitist. I read not too ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) members are privileged to hunt, fish and otherwise recreate on public lands in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, often in the Weminuche Wilderness area, some of the highest, wildest public lands habitat in the country. During the summer of 2017 Colorado BHA Southwest Regional Director, Dan Parkinson (a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine), initiated a Volunteer Signage and Bighorn Observation Program on the Weminuche Wilderness ...

Published in Backcountry Journal Winter 2018 Issue. Subscribe by becoming a member here.                  Photo Credit: Bill McDavid It took me 16 days to tag a Dall sheep in Alaska last year. If it weren’t for my yoga practice, I don’t think I could have stayed mentally strong or returned home injury free. I’m 49 years old, so my yoga doesn’t look like sitting cross-legged under a tree and my goal is not to do a photo-worthy backbend. I practice a combination of meditation, yoga poses, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  A road through key migratory waterfowl habitat would be developed under precedent-setting deal in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge ANCHORAGE – Public lands sportsmen and women across the continent could experience a ripple effect of negative impacts as an Interior Department decision allowing development of wilderness lands in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge advances. Located near ...