“We need hunters who are thinkers, who are conservationists, who are environmentalists, who care deeply, and the public says these are good people” – Eric Nuse. This week, we’re thrilled to talk with long-time conservationist and retired game warden Eric Nuse from Vermont. Eric share’s his decades of conservation experience Read more…
East to West Hunting Podcast Episode 5 – Sunday Hunting in Pennsylvania. This week, we’re talking about Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania with PA BHA leaders Nate Fronk, Nick Long and Don Rank. PA has some of the strictest Sunday hunting laws in the nation and only a handful of states Read more…
Hunters and anglers were the original conservationists and environmentalists. Their voice, passion and science-based leadership helped create and maintain the great North American Conservation model and the 640 million acres of public lands that all Americans enjoy and benefit from today. Hunters and anglers are finding their voice again and Read more…
As hunter-conservationists, we talk a lot about being a voice for future generations of Americans who can’t speak for themselves. Do you ever think about these people – what type of world they will live in and how they might relate to the natural world and the outdoors? Will the Read more…
“There are two kinds of conservationists, and two systems of thought on the subject. One kind feels a primary interest in some one aspect of land – such as soil, forestry, game or fish with an incidental interest in the land as a whole. The other feels a primary interest Read more…
Prologue – 11 June 2017: I am writing this essay while sitting in a containerized housing unit in Baghdad, Iraq, after spending the morning reading about how our eastern wilderness areas were protected. This book was sent to me by a fellow board member in the Southeastern Chapter, and is titled Read more…
With all the recent news about potential drilling in the coastal plains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), here is a brief introduction to help you become informed on this issue as a hunter angler conservationist – along with six great quotes from the late legendary conservationist Margaret “Mardy” Read more…
A Comparison of Federal Public Land Oil and Gas Production Revenue with America’s Outdoor Economy With energy development policy on federal public lands attracting so much attention over the past several months, it’s time for us hunter conservationists to do our homework and educate ourselves as much as possible when Read more…
Communicating the Common Good – For Hunters and Anglers “Wildlife management is mostly about people management” – Jack Ward Thomas, Forks in the Trail This is one of my favorite quotes from Texas-native Jack Ward Thomas – the 13th Chief of the US Forest Service and later a Professor of Read more…
Public and Private Land Connections – An Ecology by Todd Waldron There are thousands of miles of three to five-strand barb wire fences delineating the boundary lines that run between America’s great public and private forest lands. I’ve been straddling them my entire life. I am a hunter and an Read more…