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Sep

2018

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Author: Sam Lungren
By Sam Lungren, Backcountry Journal editor This piece was published in the Fall 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal. Since this article was published, the Biden administration has begun their reconsideration of the previous administration’s decision to extend leases for copper mining in the Superior National Forest upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In August 2021, President Biden's Secretary of Agriculture told the public that he was waiting for a legal opinion from ...
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Sep

2018

Tongass National Forest, Other Alaska Roadless Lands Could Be Developed Under State-Federal Plan

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 17, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Healthy salmon fisheries, remote big game habitat at risk of industrial development; other roadless backcountry in Alaska threatened MISSOULA, Mont. – Remote fish and wildlife habitat in America’s largest national forest, the Tongass in Alaska, soon could be crisscrossed by a network of roads and other inventoried roadless areas left vulnerable to similar development under a proposal ...
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17

Sep

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Public Lands Month BONUS Episode: Ryan Callaghan and Kenton Carruth of First Lite

Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia and Kenton Carruth of First Lite. Photo by Chris Crisman    This summer, host Hal Herring was invited on a fishing trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness by Ryan Callaghan, a member of the BHA North American board and the director of conservation and public relations at First Lite. Joining them was First Lite co-founder Kenton Carruth and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Recognition of the collective power of outdoor interests – that we are more united in our ...
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13

Sep

2018

Congress Votes to Advance LWCF Reauthorization, BHA Responds

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 13, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed a unanimous vote by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to advance a measure that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually. The House Natural Resources Committee passed a modified version of a bill, H.R. 502, in a voice vote today. Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and ...
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Sep

2018

Victory Archery Joins BHA as Corporate Partner

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 12, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   With bowhunting season underway, industry leader takes a stand for public lands MISSOULA, Mont. – As bowhunters across North America head afield for challenge and adventure, Victory Archery and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers are launching a corporate partnership that underscores Victory’s commitment to the wild public lands and waters on which its customers depend. As a Gold ...
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11

Sep

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 31: Hal visits the headquarters of Wild South

Author: Hal herring
Wild South is the leader in public lands protection in the Southeast.  Last winter, Hal met some Southern wilderness warriors in the small town of Moulton, Alabama, at the headquarters of Wild South, where the mission is simple: “We inspire people to enjoy, value, and protect the amazing wild and natural places that belong to us – the public.” They talk whitetail, turkey and squirrel hunting, the Big Tree, the Sipsey Wilderness and the incredible richness of Southern public lands, along with ...
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10

Sep

2018

Grip and Grin: Ethics and Emotions in Images

Author: Sam Lungren
by Tovar Cerulli - Orion: The Hunter's Institute The image is familiar: A hunter crouches beside a dead deer, grinning into the camera. What do we make of this picture? We all see the hunter’s smile. We all see the beautiful animal, now dead. And we all recognize some connection between the two. From there, though, interpretations diverge wildly. Critics of hunting are apt to see mindless brutality. The hunter has killed, appears to have enjoyed killing, and now gloats over a carcass. ...
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Sep

2018

BHA Members Unite During Public Lands Month

News for Immediate Release Sept. 1, 2018 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   BHA Members Unite During Public Lands Month Work days, policy forums and storytelling nights across North America celebrate public lands and waters; National Public Lands Day is Sept. 22 MISSOULA, Mont. – September is Public Lands Month, and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members are uniting to celebrate, defend and enhance through sweat equity North American public lands and ...
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Aug

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 30: Elliott Woods, Montana-based multimedia journalist

Author: Hal herring
  Elliott Woods settled in Montana for its wild abundance of public lands and outdoor adventure Montana-based multimedia journalist and Outside magazine correspondent Elliott Woods served as a soldier in Iraq and was an embedded reporter in Afghanistan, where he won a National Magazine Award for his work. He roams widely, from the Central African Republic to Gaza and across the American West, and these days, he has come to see the very American conflict over the fate of our public lands as ...
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Aug

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 29: Adam Gall, visionary fishing and hunting guide

Author: Robert Yagid
    After almost two years of trying, we catch up with Adam Gall, visionary fishing and big game guide who, with his wife Ana, started Timber to Table Guide Service based in Paonia, Colorado. Adam's dream: to create a guide service for people who may never have hunted before but who want to learn the entire process – from the rifle to the hunt to field dressing, butchering and cooking the very best wild game recipes. Adam’s business is about experience, the heritage of ethical hunting and ...
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