Last weekend, ten BHA members, including three kids, spent their Saturday removing old tree guards and picking up trash at Pipestem Reservoir. After a day's hard work, the group managed to fill several dumpsters worth of trash.                                   The work day was in partnership with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, who manages Pipestem Reservoir. Natural Resources Specialist, Jeremy Thury, wrote to the chapter, "I want to thank all of you very much from myself and all ...

Review from a participant at our 2022 Boundary Waters Event. September 2022   "I cannot thank you enough for taking me out here with you. After 20 years in the Army and multiple combat deployments, I just got a little lost since I got out."   "Six months ago, I was sitting on my couch with a pistol and decided I was ready to go. Then I got the email saying I had been selected to attend this fishing trip, so I decided to hold off for a few days and then a few weeks. Now, after being out here ...

Montana’s chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced that it raised a record $56,620 for mule deer conservation by raffling a single statewide deer tag. The winner is a Washington State hunter who bought five chances at $20 apiece. The total raised in the two-month campaign, which was heavily promoted on BHA’s content channels, is 38 percent higher than the previous record of $41,000 raised at auction for Montana’s statewide mule deer tag. The fundraising mechanism is an ...

Thursday, May 16, 2024 Hobbs, NM The meeting began at 9 a.m. with the Commission roll call by Director Michael Sloane. Six Commissioners attended physically: Tirzio Lopez (Vice-Chair), Fernando Clemente, Greg Fulfer, Ed Garcia, Sabina Pack, and Robert Stump; Commissioner Sharon Salazar-Hickey attended virtually. The Commission roll call was followed by self-introductions by staff of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and members of the public. There were approximately 8 members of ...

The morning of May 11th was perfect. Blue, clear skies, a cool breeze, and air filled with excitement south of Bend. Twenty volunteers, including members of the local BLM and USFS field offices, came together to for the Skeleton Burn fence pull. This area is known as prime mule deer winter range for animals coming out of the Cascades. Unfortunately, it is crisscrossed by miles of unmaintained barbed wire fence. There have been multiple reports of wildlife becoming entangled in these old ...