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Dec

2024

Summer Recap - Fence Pull with RMEF at Pumphouse

Author: Briant Wiles
    Here comes Jerry and yes, he has sandwiches. The midday heat does little to dampen the appetite we have worked up after a morning of unburdening the local hillside of outdated fencing. There is a scramble to help Jerry unload the cooler and soon the frenzy dies down replaced with mild munching noises. We eat then lounge contented in the shade watching the Colorado River roll on as it is want to do. Jerry Pelis is back again and this time he means business. Not that he did not mean ...
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Nov

2024

US Marines Provide Helicopter Support for Bighorn Sheep Habitat Improvement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 15, 2024 Contact: Devin O'Dea 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org | Scott Gibson 909-210-0548, scottygibson@gmail.com Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and the California Wild Sheep Foundation Join Forces with US Marines on Guzzler Tank Replacement Project for Peninsular Bighorn Sheep   ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK - In a critical effort to support Peninsular bighorn sheep and other native wildlife in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the California ...
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Oct

2024

Battle at Bellyache Ridge

Author: Briant Wiles
Battle At Bellyache Ridge Fence Removal  By Briant Wiles   It was the end of May 2024, and the BHA stewardship team was riding high after victories at Meeker, Rabbit Mountain, Perins Peak, and the momentous Beer, Bands, and Barbwire Strands event. I might say that we were a little bit smug having battled everything from 4 strand wire in scrub oak to woven wire embedded in thick sage. Overconfident and foolhardy I plunged the Toyota off the pavement onto the dirt road leading up Bellyache ...
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Oct

2024

Event Recap: Wick's Wildlife Area Fence Removal

Nineteen Iowa BHA members, college students, and family members gathered on September 15th, 2024 at Wick's Wildlife Area outside of Story City, IA for a fence removal project. The goal of the project was to remove as much fence as possible to improve access to the small section of the South Skunk River located in the northwest corner of the parcel, as well as mitigating the hazards downed fenceline can have to hunters and their dogs.   In just 4 hours, members of IA BHA and partnered with ...
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Oct

2024

EVENT RECAP: Montana BHA Celebrates Public Lands Day

Author: Micah Fields
To celebrate this year’s Public Lands Day, Montana BHA Chapter volunteers organized a river cleanup on the Missouri River between Holter Dam and the town of Cascade. Boasting over 7,000 trout per mile, this 35-mile section is one of the most well-known stretches of river among trout anglers around the world. Consistent water temps and an excellent biomass of insects, baitfish, crustaceans, and vegetation makes this portion of the upper Missouri River a trout factory, attracting thousands of ...
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Oct

2024

EVENT RECAP: USACE Waterfowl Work Day Brings Immediate Results For Minnesota BHA Members

Public Lands Month is not only a chance for BHA members to celebrate our wild places and be thankful for the opportunities they have given us, but it is also our chance to give back to them. Minnesota BHA and AFI members gathered on the shores of Big Sandy Lake in east-central Minnesota on Sept. 27 in partnership with the U.S Army Corp of Engineers for a workday installing wood duck houses and mapping locations to record future nesting successes. After a morning of introductions of members ...
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Sep

2024

Villa Grove STL Fence Removal

Author: Briant Wiles
Villa Grove State Trust Lands  Fence Removal By Briant Wiles   Looking up from the fence our eyes are drawn to a solid wall of mountains that sweep south lining the bathtub of sediment that is the San Luis Valley in South central Colorado. The breeze picks up and a gust of wind brings cool notes of autumn refreshing the smell of sage tinted air. With bolt cutters and fence pliers we drop the old, barbed wire from wind polished ceder posts. These weathered posts stood as mute testament to a ...
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Sep

2024

RECAP: Salisbury Salt Marsh Pack Out Sponsored by onX

September is Public Lands Month and it was a perfect time to come out to Salisbury Beach State Reservation and help clean up the beach. Salisbury Beach is a unique area where the Merrimack River flows into the Atlantic Ocean creating a wonderful salt marsh habitat for all kinds of plants and animals. This is a great spot to take advantage of public access as it allows for fishing access, a boat ramp, beach access, and plenty of waterfowl habitat. We enjoyed a great time stewarding the land ...
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Sep

2024

San Isabel National Forest Fence Removal

Author: Briant Wiles
  San Isabel National Forest Fence Removal By Briant Wiles   “The fence just disappeared” was the overheard remark of one of the participants at the recent Salida fence pull event. 16 motivated volunteers meet up on a warm and sunny mid-September morning at a work site on San Isabel National Forest. A joint effort between BHA, Greater Arkansas Nature Association (GARNA), and Chaffee County Rec Adopters brought folks together from many walks of life with one goal in common: improve habitat. ...
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Sep

2024

SD BHA Leaders Clean Up Thompson Lake

In recognition of Public Lands Month, SD BHA leaders earned their conservation karma last weekend packing out trash at Thompson Lake as a part of South Dakota Game, Fish, and Park's Adopt-A-Lake program. The program started in 2018 in an effort to keep fishing and recreation sites clean across the state. "We did what we could with the small crew we had, but I think we made a little big of an impact," said SD BHA Chapter Leader, Kevin Healy, who led the effort. They packed out a tire, fan, ...

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