Acontentious land exchange on the eastern side of the Crazy Mountains and near Big Sky has been approved by the supervisor of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The draft decision contains modifications to address concerns from the more than 1,000 people who commented. The changes include conservation easements and protective covenants to limit development on exchanged parcels, wetland protection by modifying federal parcel boundaries and deed restrictions, Supervisor Mary Erickson wrote ...

The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday that it has tentatively approved a land swap involving more than 15 square miles of land located in two Montana mountain ranges. The Custer Gallatin National Forest in an email announced that it is moving forward with a slightly modified version of the East Crazy Inspiration Divide Land Exchange, a proposal several years in the making. In the draft decision notice, the Forest Service landed on a modified version of the proposal that the agency ...

Last month, the Rock Springs Bureau of Land Management field office released the long-awaited draft RMP. This draft lays out 4 alternative plans on how the Rock Springs field office will manage 3.6 million acres of public land for the next 10 years.  BHA staff and the Wyoming Chapter Leadership are working with partners to review the 1,000-page draft to assure the habitat that is so vital to our members and the wildlife of Wyoming is being managed in an effective manner to conserve this ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is inviting the public to participate in shaping the future of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) harvest regulations along the Texas coast. In response to the freeze event that struck in February 2021, affecting a substantial spotted seatrout population, emergency measures were implemented to aid the recovery of this beloved game fish. These temporary regulations were in effect until August 31, when the former statewide bag and size limits ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Chuckwalla National Monument would span 660,000 acres of desert habitat with movement pathways for desert bighorn sheep, mule deer and other species COACHELLA, Calif. – Vast, intact public land expanses of Southeast California revered both by hunters and the region’s Tribes could be permanently conserved if a national monument is established, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers stated ...