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How to Develop Your Personal Conservation Philosophy
2024 is the 75th Anniversary of the publishing of A Sand County Almanac written by Aldo Leopold. This collection of essays serves as one of the cornerstones for modern conservation science, policy, and ethics. This is the first of three articles in the
Deer Box: Sustainable Wild Game Delivered Right to Your Door
For many in the U.S., the concept of eating wild game like venison often conjures up images of hunting trips and family meals made from a successful day in the field. But in the UK, Chef Mike Robinson, a well-known advocate for sustainable hunting and
CWD in SW Wisconsin and Why Everyone Should Care About CWD
This is the last of a series of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience, perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area, and why people
CWD and Deer Overpopulation Issues
This is the second of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience and perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area. Read the
What is CWD and What Can Be Done About It?
This is the first of three articles in which Doug Duren shares information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) along with his experience and perspective as a landowner and hunter in Southwest Wisconsin’s CWD endemic area. As the Fall hunting season
Fence Removal | Beers, Bands, and Barbed Wire Strands
On Colorado Public Lands Day in May of 2023, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) organized a Beers, Bands, and Barbed Wire Strands event in Gunnison, Colorado. Our Chapter Leadership team set a lofty goal of pulling 5 miles of barbed wire fence in 1
Not Cutting Corners: Accessing Public Land for Hunters
With millions of acres of corner locked land, accessing public land in the West by corner crossing is a modern issue with huge implications for hunters. “I’ve been working on the railroad, all the livelong day” is the reason why four
Wild Sheep Hunting: The Opportunity Ewe
Hunting and conservation go hand in hand. You cannot hunt a sustainable species if they are not cared for by stewards of the land. And you cannot have successful conservation without the funding that the hunting and outdoors industry provides. When I share
The Remarkable Restoration of Wild Turkey Populations
The wild turkey, an iconic symbol of America's wildlife heritage and an increasingly popular big game target for American hunters has experienced a remarkable restoration story that's worth exploring. Once on the brink of extinction, these majestic
Who was Aldo Leopold?
Aldo Leopold, known as the Father of Wildlife Ecology and the US Wilderness System, is one of the most influential thinkers in North American conservation history. Living 61 years, from 1887 to 1948, Leopold’s life and career in conservation
New Hunting Film Dives Deep into Public Access
American sportsmen and sportswomen are blessed with 640-million-acres of public lands, most of which are open to hunting, shooting, and other forms of recreation. But anyone who has spent time exploring these vast areas, particularly in the West where mixed
Land Access | Game Changing Tips
Accessing land is one of the biggest challenges that hunters face today. Public access points, roads, and easements are not always easy to find or known by the public. Hunters must adapt to the increasing pressure on game animals on public land. Private land
Hunting is Conservation - Let's Keep it That Way
Delta Waterfowl’s University Hunting Program teaches wildlife students about hunters’ critical contributions and how hunting is conservation. When I was an undergraduate student at Clemson University majoring in wildlife and fisheries biology,
The Federal Duck Stamp: 88 Years of Conservation Funding
For just a minute, I’d like you to imagine yourself in the prairie pothole region of North America. A vast expanse of grasslands and small sloughs stretching from northern Iowa, up through western Minnesota and the eastern halves of the Dakotas
Conservation Funding: 5 Ways that Wild Places are Protected
How is conservation funded? If you spend any time in the woods or on the waters in North America, you have benefited from some sort of conservation funding. It may be hard to see on the surface, but when you dig a little deeper into how the money flows
The Rocky Road to Wolf Management
Have you ever heard someone say that we should leave nature alone and let it balance itself? Ask yourself – how are we supposed to leave nature alone when we humans are not separate from the ecosystem, but yet we are an important part of it? For
