It was a very successful day at the Maine Skowhegan Fence Removal Project last Sunday April 28th.  A small but feisty crew removed +1500’ of fence that was wrapped in invasive plants!  The Maine Bureau of Public Land and Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife helped us get this project off the ground and now that the metal fencing has been removed, the biologists can work on getting some heavy equipment in to the area to knock back the invasive plants.  Lots more opportunities for future ...

  A Participant review from a Dual Skills Camp in California   What is a Dual Skills Camp   From a Participant:    I hope you are having a great weekend. I just wanted to write a quick note as I am returning from a learn-to-hunt camp at Vandenberg Space Force base focused on invasive species management and how hunters can impact conservation through harvesting Feral hogs with the SoCal AFI detachment.  I wanted you to know how special Reina and Jeremy (AFI leaders in California) are.  I ...

Update 5/1/2024: On April 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the WEST Act with a vote of 211-202. The Superior National Forest Restoration Act was passed with a vote of 212-203. On May 1, the Alaska’s Right to Produce Act was passed with a vote of 214-199, with 2 "present" votes. A "Motion to Recommit" the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act was passed, a procedural vote that effectively sends a bill back to committee and blocks a final vote to pass the bill. The last time a "Motion to ...

LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT YOUR OWN LETTER OF SUPPORT BY APRIL 30TH April 25, 2024   Lonna SandauBureau of Land Management Western Montana DistrictMissoula Field Office3255 Fort Missoula Rdlsandau@blm.gov   On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and our roughly 2,500 dues-paying members, please consider the below comments outlining our support for the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Action to acquire approximately 17,000 acres in the Gold Creek and Twin Creek areas ...