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Miles City Resource Management Plan

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The following letter was submitted by MT BHA in regards to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Miles City Resource Management Plan (RMP). Miles City Field Office111 Garryowen RoadMiles City, Montana 59301BLM_MT_MCFO_RMP@blm.govThe following are Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (MT BHA) comments regarding the Miles City Resource Management Plan (RMP) Revision.Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers are Montana sportsmen across the state that ...

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You Might Belong with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers If...

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

We need your help to come up with the best ending to the phrase “You Might Belong with BHA if…”Come up with a creative, catchy hook and you just might win one of Coffey Chair’s new ultralight (16 oz.) backpacking chairs that uses trekking poles as part of the chair’s framework (pictured).Submit your entry using the comment section either below or through BHA's Facebook Page for your chance to win. Deadline for the prize is June 6. If you’re having a hard time coming up with a creative hook, ...

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Press Release: Sportsmen Support for Columbine Hondo Wilderness Area

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

The following is a joint press release highlighting New Mexican sportsmen's support of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act. Washington D.C. – New Mexican hunters and anglers continue to lead by example in the world of conservation with the introduction of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act.The bill, introduced today by Senator Tom Udall, would designate the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Taos as a wilderness area. The designation would cover ...

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Letter: Overwhelming Sportsmen Support for Columbine Hondo Wilderness Area

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

New Mexico BHA has been working to build on the already-overwhelming breadth of support among sportsmen who agree that the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area should be permanently protected as wilderness. As part of this ongoing effort NM BHA Co-Chair, Oscar Simpson attended the NM Gun Collectors Association gun show in Albuquerque, June 1-2 and received over 375 signatures of support for the letter below.Please let us know if you are interested in getting involved in this effort. You ...

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Maintaining Roadless Land Around the Pecos Wilderness Area

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Located just Northeast of Sante Fe, New Mexico’s Pecos Wilderness Area provides 350 square miles of high quality roadless backcountry habitat. The Pecos is known by hunters primarily for its high-quality elk and mule deer hunting (GMU 45), as well as good opportunities for Big Horn Sheep, Black Bear, Blue Grouse and Turkey; and by anglers for excellent trout fishing on the Pecos River, as well as the area’s many high-country lakes. Surrounding the officially designated Pecos Wilderness Area, ...

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Colorado BHA at the Traditional Archers High Country Shoot

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

CO BHA will have a booth at this year’s Colorado Traditional Archery Society’s High Country Shoot, June 21-23. We’ll be offering a special raffle for all participants who become a new member, or who upgrade to a supporting member. Hand crafted by CO BHA member and supporter Daniel Becker, CO BHA will be raffling-off one of the traditional bows pictured here, along with a set of arrows and quiver. We hope that you can join us! For more information, or to register for the event, click here. ...

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The Three Blades

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

By Ben LongBackcountry enthusiasts need to cut things, big and small. Get a log out of the way, shorten a guy line or snip a leader on a fly line. Part of being a competent backcountry traveler is gaining basic skills with things that are sharp.Fundamentally, this comes down to the knife, the axe and the saw. All three are wedges — a knife is a wedge with a handle; an axe is a wedge with a lever and a saw is a series of small wedges on a long blade.Beyond that, each tool has a list of pluses ...

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Good News from ID BHA and the Clearwater Collaborative

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

For years, Idaho BHA has played an integral role within the Idaho's Clearwater Collaborative to work towards common-sense forest management solutions, which balance a wide variety of land-based interests. After years of hard work, negotiations and compromise the Clearwater Collaborative has reached an agreement which will provide for backcountry fish and wildlife habitat protection, while also increasing timber harvest yields, improving motorized recreational opportunities and adding jobs to ...

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CO BHA Hosts Tovar Cerulli, Author of the Mindful Carnivore

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

The following is a guest post from BHA member Tovar Cerulli, author of The Mindful Carnivore. CO BHA will be hosting a discussion of his book in Boulder on May 30 and in Denver on June 3 (details below). During my decade as a vegan, I found hunting nearly incomprehensible. Why on earth would someone voluntarily participate in such a pursuit, heading to woods or fields armed with the intent to kill a wild animal? After a decade as a hunter, my understandings have shifted. Hunting calls me to ...

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New Mexico Sportsmen Support Wilderness Protections in Rio Grande del Norte National Monument

[EasyDNNnewsLocalizedText:Author]: Caitlin Thompson

The following is a joint press release submitted by NM BHA, NM Wildlife Federation and Trout Unlimited in support of legislation that would provide permanent wilderness protection in two areas within the Rio Grande dele Nort National Monument.New Mexico hunters and anglers applaud action in the U.S. Senate today that would permanently protect two key areas on opposite sides of the recently established Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ...

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Miles City Resource Management Plan

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Press Release: Sportsmen Support for Columbine Hondo Wilderness Area

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Colorado BHA at the Traditional Archers High Country Shoot

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