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May

2022

Little Sunlight Trail Clearing Effort A Success

Author: Megan Mclean
Members of the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in the Cody region recently got together to complete 4 miles of trail clearing!  BHA members met at the Little Sunlight trail head on the morning of May 21st. The trail which follows little sunlight creek had areas of blow down timber and dead fall which completely blocked the trail in numerous places. The group of 8 cleared 32 trees off the trail using hand saws, and cross cut buck saws. After the trail clearing the group got together to share ...
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May

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 132, Corner Crossing in Wyoming with Ryan Callaghan, Liz Lynch and Jared Oakleaf

Author: Thomas Plank
Most of us have been following the case: four hunters from Missouri who used a homemade ladder to cross from one section of public land to the next without setting foot on private land…and the hard-fought court cases that ensued in Carbon County, Wyoming. It’s a case that may define public access to public lands for decades to come. Yet it is more than that. It’s about the resurgence of privatization of public assets in America, a harsh echo from the Gilded Age. It’s a reminder that ...
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May

2022

BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous

News for Immediate ReleaseMay 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers bestowed its top honors on a suite of deserving recipients at the 11th annual BHA North American Rendezvous, held in Missoula, Montana, May 12-14. BHA’s annual awards honor unequalled commitment, tireless effort and ongoing dedication to public lands and waters, fish and wildlife and hunting and fishing. BHA's Collegiate Club members ...
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Apr

2022

Hunters Found Not Guilty in Wyoming ‘Corner Crossing’ Case

News for Immediate ReleaseApril 29, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  Wyoming BHA raised funds for hunters’ defense, says ‘justice has been served’ RAWLINS, Wyo. – In a major win for public lands access, four Missouri hunters were declared “not guilty” by a Wyoming court in a “corner crossing' case that garnered national attention. The Wyoming chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers offered the following response: “Today the court made its decision, ...
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Apr

2022

WY BHA Elk Feedground Comments

To Mark Gocke, and whom it may concern: Thank you for giving Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) the opportunity to comment on this important elk feedgrounds planning and management effort. BHA’s mission is to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters. Our membership is over 30,000 strong, which includes roughly 600 from the Wyoming chapter. Wyoming BHA (WY BHA) sets its priorities ...
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Apr

2022

WY Update: Elk Feedgrounds

Since October 2021, Jackson-area chapter leadership team member Liz Lynch has been participating in the Wyoming Game & Fish Department (WGFD) process for receiving public input regarding the future of elk feedgrounds in western Wyoming. Liz has represented Wyoming BHA in the non-governmental organization (NGO) stakeholder group.  The “shared learning” phase, which involved weekly presentations and Q&A sessions, ran from early November 2021 to the end of January 2022. You can revisit the ...
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14

Apr

2022

How to Make Tallow

Author: Megan Mclean
Tallow is rendered animal fat and it is great for baking, soap making, frying and can be used in any number of beauty products such as beard oil, hair conditioner, lotion, or lip balm. It is really a gold mine if you know how to use it, and it makes use of a part of the animal that may otherwise get discarded during processing. I like the idea of giving use to as much of the animal as I can, and it reminds me that the product will have an echo of the place it was harvested. To start, you ...
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Apr

2022

Wyoming Corner Crossing Civil Case Transferred to Federal Court

Hunters and anglers are closely watching legal proceedings in Carbon County, Wyoming, where four non-resident elk hunters “corner crossed” at a surveyed corner where two parcels of public land join and who, as a result, were charged with criminal – and later civil – trespass. The hunters had accessed the public lands in question for two consecutive years, utilizing a stepladder in the second year to cross from one public parcel to another.    For more background on corner crossing, check ...
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Mar

2022

Wyoming Winter/Spring Newsletter 2022

Welcome to the first 2022 edition of the Wyoming Roundup! The Wyoming BHA Chapter Leadership Team is renewing our efforts to keep our members more consistently and clearly updated about what’s happening in our state with this quarterly newsletter. Every 3 months, your edition of the Wyoming Roundup will have information about upcoming events throughout the state, policy updates and action items, and what we’ve been up to since the last edition was sent out. Be sure to keep your email ...
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Feb

2022

Keeping Sage Grouse Wild in Wyoming

Author: Wyoming BHA
Sage grouse are an icon of the interior western United States (and parts of Canada as well). They are obligates of Artemisia spp., i.e. sagebrush; they have very specific habitat, food, mating, and nesting needs, and all of those factors are dependent upon healthy sagebrush based ecosystems. In Wyoming, we are fortunate to have relatively robust, and often huntable, populations of sage grouse. However, science-based conservation efforts and the wellbeing of sage grouse in Wyoming are being ...
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