Idaho Hunter Gets $500 Reward for Busting Motorized Gate Crashers
BHA OHV Reward Fund rewards citizens whose reports of illegal OHV use result in a conviction BOISE (RELEASE) – A public land hunter in Idaho recently collected a $500 reward from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers after reporting illegal use of an off-road vehicle in the Third Fork drainage on the Emmett Ranger District of the […]
Proposal Aims to Expand Hunting and Fishing to 10 Additional National Wildlife Refuges
Announced earlier this week, Secretary Ryan Zinke has presented a proposal that would open or extend hunting and fishing opportunities at 10 national wildlife refuges. Of the 566 national wildlife refuges across America, if approved, the proposal would allow hunting on 373 of them and fishing on 312 refuges in total. “I grew up in […]
Public Land Policies Prompt Outdoor Retailer Show to Relocate from Utah to Colorado
A sportsmen’s show that has brought the greater Salt Lake City area as many as 40,000 visitors and $45 million in economic stimulus each year is moving to Denver. The Outdoor Retailer trade show announced earlier this month that they will be moving their operation to Denver after facing pressure from several outdoor executives over […]
Poll Shows How Much Anglers & Hunters Care for Clean Air, Water, and Public Lands
In partnership with Public Opinion Strategies, a public opinion research firm specializing in political, public affairs, public policy, and corporate positioning research, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) released the results from their recently conducted National Sportsmen’s Survey. The online and phone directed survey of anglers and hunters across America was created to gauge the […]
President’s Budget Takes Deep Cuts at Public Lands, Future of Hunting and Fishing
President Trump released his proposed budget yesterday and while many would argue to some of the positive actions within his proposal; when it comes to the preservation of the outdoors, the prospective budget falls short, literally. Featuring gouging cuts to vital programming the President and his team seemingly deem unnecessary, the budget, if enacted, […]
Utah Preparing for State Takeover of Public Lands
While the sentiment seems to be positive, at least among the Republicans in the state of Utah, public lands advocates remain cautious as yet another controversial bill was passed late Thursday. HB407, a provision in the Utah Public Land Management Act, was quietly passed and is one of the many pieces of the framework […]
Day One: Secretary Zinke Signs Orders to Expand Access to Public Lands
WASHINGTON – Today, on his first day on duty, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pronounced ZINK-ee) issued two secretarial orders which expand access to public lands and increase hunting, fishing, and recreation opportunities nationwide. These orders deliver on promises made by both President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Zinke to expand access to […]
Oregon Land Transfer Bill Bites the Dust
In another small win for public lands in America, a Central Oregon congressman withdrew his sponsorship of yet another controversial bill that would likely be the first step toward selling off our cherished public lands. Just the same as Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah felt the immense pressure of sportsmen and women along with […]
Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch: A Constitutionally Sound Outdoorsman
Nominated by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Judge Neil Gorsuch is slated to fill the vacant position of associate Supreme Court Justice after the late Justice Antonin Scalia died while hunting quail in Texas nearly a year ago. The 49-year old nominee, a graduate of Columbia, Harvard, and Oxford, has clerked for two Supreme […]
Utah Congressman Rep. Jason Chaffetz Vows to Kill Bill Slated to Sell Off Public Lands
The announcement came around midnight EST Thursday morning via Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s social media networks. Beginning with an Instagram post depicting his camo-clad self and trusty hunting dog, Chaffetz announced his intentions of withdrawing H.R. 621 the following day. I am withdrawing HR 621. I'm a proud gun owner, hunter and love our public […]