Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

A last-minute addition to a Montana fish and wildlife bill signed into law on Friday reinvigorated a long-running debate over the role of money in...

A debate over the role of money in deer and elk hunting in Montana has fizzled out in the Legislature.

The Great American Outdoors Act was hailed as once in a generation legislation by conservation and outdoor recreation groups when it passed into law this August. But three months later, many of those same groups say the U.S. Department of Interior is trying to rewrite the law and undermine a popular federal program.

Critics say a U.S. Department of Interior order issued earlier this week guts a federal program that uses money from oil and gas drilling to buy land...

Environmental groups are hopeful that a recent ruling that invalidated land management plans in Montana means the federal government will redraft the documents. Montana's leading oil and gas industry group, meanwhile, says members should have a fair chance at using those lands.

National parks, jagged peaks, sprawling forests; Montana is home to more than 30 million acres of public land. Our shared lands are beloved by many...

Poaching in Montana has doubled over the past 20 years, according to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. Montana FWP investigates about 40 new cases of…

When Interior Secretary David Bernhardt assigned William Pendley as acting head of the Bureau of Land Management on July 29, conservation groups ranging…

A coalition of wildlife, conservation and outdoor recreation business groups in Montana has announced it’s launching a survey to determine support and…

It’s pretty weird seeing my dad cut into the neck of a dead cow elk. Like me, my dad Mike has never hunted before. He’s a software engineer. But now he...