Happy New Year everybody my name is Trevor and I'm the BHA coordinator responsible for managing the armed forces initiative. I just wanted to take a minute and talk everybody through what an amazing 2023 we had and  list our accomplishments because it amazes me every time I look at it and the world needs to know.   As you can see in the video I'm celebrating you should be too if you had any part with the armed force initiative in 2023. These past 12 months have been just incredible we ...

(Taken from 2023 WACH WG Binder)   Decline of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Continues: BOG is Considering Proposals to Close Hunting to Nonresidents on State LandsBoard of Game Proposal 3 submitted by the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group (WACH WG) demonstrates the significant decline, about 12% per year, of the WACH over the last seven years. Management levels for WACH consider factors such as herd abundance, adult cow survival, and calf recruitment. “Data from biologists at ...

Join Hal Herring and Mississippi State University environmental history professor and author of My Work is that of Conservation, An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver Mark Hersey for a fantastic American conservation story that has never been more relevant than it is right now. If you finished seventh grade in an American public school, you learned about George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery in Missouri and grew up to be one of America’s leading scientists ...

The Nature Conservancy in Kentucky (TNC), the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (Kentucky Fish and Wildlife) and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) announced yesterday the largest conservation easement in Kentucky history on the nearly 55,000-acre Cumberland Forest Wildlife Management Area in Bell, Knox and Leslie counties. The easement will be held by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. Already a popular hunting destination for elk and other species thanks to an annual ...

At Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, conservation is the cornerstone of our volunteer efforts, advocacy, and even our long-term enjoyment of the outdoors. While many of us are hunters and anglers first, just as many members and volunteers consider themselves to be primarily conservationists.In this regard, the Washington Chapter has a keen interest in the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s proposed Conservation Policy. As a chapter, we have been actively engaged throughout the ...