On the weekend of April 19th, while the Washington chapter accepted the George Bird Grinnell award at Rendezvous and volunteers labored to restore habitat along the Yakima River, the Fish and Wildlife Commission lowered the bar on sound management and responsible decision-making for Washington’s Wildlife. In a heated dialogue, a slim majority of commissioners ignored department staff, the Agency’s director, and the minority vote, to issue a narrow directive for rulemaking that will ...

*** Learn more about this proposal and submit your own comments by the May 15th, 2024 deadline. ***   May 2, 2024   Leah Breidinger Habitat Conservation Biologist Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks 490 N Meridian Road Kalispell, MT 59901 lbreidinger@mt.gov   Dear Ms. Breidinger:   On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a grassroots conservation group representing more than 2,500 dues-paying members across the state, we offer our full support of Phase I of the Montana ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 2, 2024  Contacts: Sam Davidson, Trout Unlimited, sdavidson@tu.org, 831-235-2542  Joel Weltzien, California BHA, weltzien@backcountryhunters.org, 406-925-3771   Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Trout Unlimited Laud Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument  White House action “needed and welcome” to better protect habitat,  water sources, and sporting opportunity in southern California  ARLINGTON, VA—Today, President Biden issued a proclamation expanding ...

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Alabama’s iconic Coosa River was recently named America’s fifth most endangered river. Its vast watershed, all 280 miles of tributaries and lakes, begins in the mountains of north Georgia and flows south through the very heart of Alabama. The Coosa, like so many American rivers today, faces intense pollution from industrial-scale poultry production and other agricultural runoff, as well as an array of other threats. The Coosa is also one of Alabama’s most popular rivers for fishing, ...