*** Read the Fish Creek Watershed Draft Recreation Strategy and comment yourself. ***   October 12, 2023 Randy ArnoldFWP Region 2 Supervisor406-542-5504rarnold@mt.gov RE: Fish Creek Watershed Draft Recreation Strategy Dear Mr. Arnold - The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a grassroots conservation organization representing roughly 3,000 dues-paying members in the state. Our members value productive habitat, public access, and quiet recreational opportunities to hunt and ...

Will Moore presented on the current status of mountain goats across Washington State. The event was standing room only  with over 50 people packing into the event room. The presentation covered the full gambit from how unique mountain goats are, to their biology and how they are managed by WDFW. The audience was fully engaged, asking questions throughout. Will shared that we are at a low point in historic mountain goat populations. The historic estimates, based on long term harvest data, ...

“A world in which a sacramental portion of food can be taken in an old way—hunting, fishing, farming and gathering—has as much to do with societal sanity as a day's work for a day's pay.” – Tom McGuane, “The Heart of the Game,” Outside, September 1977 Welcome to autumn! We’re keeping this newsletter short because, well, September. September is also Public Lands Month, with national Public Lands Day just around the corner on September 23. There are still some great opportunities to give back ...

The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) supports a constitutional amendment (Proposition 14) that creates the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund. On November 7th, 2023, Texas can decide on a ballot measure to amend the Texas Constitution to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund by voting for Proposition 14 (Creation of the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund Amendment).  If approved, a $1 billion endowment fund to create additional new parks across the state is ...