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Oct 31, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Joel Webster |Chris Macaluso |Rob Thornberry |Noah Davis
TRCP Opposes the Blanket Sale or Transfer of Federal Land to States Recent efforts from states to obtain federal lands mean risks for hunter and angler access & wildlife habitat management This past August, leading Utah officials petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah’s case that argues for the transfer of Bureau of Land Management acres to state ownership. The action was recently backed by amicus briefs filed by Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska,...
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Chris Macaluso |Rob Thornberry |Noah Davis |Michael O'Casey
Mississippi River Diversion Builds Land, Enhances Fishing Opportunities Neptune Pass didn’t even exist six years ago.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Rob Thornberry |Noah Davis |Michael O'Casey |Liz Rose
Sagebrush, Snowberry, and Aspen, Oh My! Federal restoration funds and volunteers help increase the wildlife value of Idaho’s Pine Creek Bench At the southern end of Idaho’s Big Hole Mountains, the Pine Creek Bench lays tucked between the South Fork of the Snake River and Stouts Mountain.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Noah Davis |Marcel Gaztambide |Josh Metten |Rob Thornberry
In The Arena: DeAnna Bublitz TRCP’s “In the Arena” series highlights the individual voices of hunters and anglers who, as Theodore Roosevelt so famously said, strive valiantly in the worthy cause of conservation DeAnna Bublitz grew up in Minnesota enjoying the many state parks and open farmland the North Star state has to offer. When she moved to Montana in 2012, Bublitz wanted to become more intentional and involved with her meat consumption. She asked a friend if they would loan her gear...
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Josh Metten |Rob Thornberry |Joshua Walters |Marcel Gaztambide
In New Mexico, and Across the Country, Migrating Big Game Herds Meet Roadblocks The Land of Enchantment has a fresh opportunity in the upcoming 2025 legislative session to devote funds to keep drivers and wildlife safe Driven by instinct and shaped by their environment, big game such as deer, elk, and pronghorn follow paths sometimes invisible to the human eye—passages deeply set in the landscape and etched in evolutionary memory—but often noticed by hunters. The need for animals to move is...
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Alexandra Kozak |Ryan Lockwood |Rob Thornberry
49 Pennsylvania Trout Streams Worthy of a Conservation Status Update Anglers are again campaigning to update the designations of top Pennsylvania waterways to reflect the exceptional status of their wild trout populations and water quality Four times each year, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission proposes streams to be added to the Class A Wild Trout and Wild Trout lists. Right now, there are 49 Class A and Wild Trout streams that represent the best of our best waters up for...
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Rob Thornberry |Ryan Lockwood |Jen Leahy |Dan Morgan
Local Partnership Saves Drivers, Wildlife Near Leadore, Idaho Raising bridges and adding fences allows big game to avoid busy blacktop Like so much early, modern development across America, the railroads and highways through Idaho’s Lemhi Valley were not constructed with fish and wildlife in mind. First, railroad tracks were laid between Salmon and Gilmore, straight lines of progress carting people to the center of the state to find and deliver a menagerie of precious metals to help build the...
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Jen Leahy |Dan Morgan |Liz Rose |Rob Thornberry
BLM Decision Will Maintain Safeguards for 28 Million Acres of Public Lands in Alaska The agency’s recommendation would conserve valuable habitat for salmon, caribou, moose, and Dall sheep Today, the Bureau of Land Management moved to retain conservation safeguards on 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska, including large swaths of intact fish and wildlife habitat that offer world-class hunting and fishing opportunities. “We welcome the BLM’s intent to maintain conservation measures that...
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Jen Leahy |Dan Morgan |Liz Rose |Rob Thornberry
BLM Decision Will Prevent Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range The agency’s record of decision maintains America’s most wild and remote hunting and fishing grounds Today, the Bureau of Land Management released its Record of Decision that will prevent the proposed Ambler Industrial Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range. “Today’s decision is a victory for the local residents, Alaska Native Tribes, and the more than 14,000 conservation-minded hunters and anglers from across the country who...
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
trcp.org | Liz Rose |Rob Thornberry |Madeleine West |Michael O'Casey
TRCP Celebrates New Wildlife Management Areas in the Final Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests Plan 823,000 acres of Wildlife Management Areas a positive step to limit disturbance of sensitive big game habitats and migratory routes Recently, the U.S. Forest Service finalized a revised Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests Plan after nearly a decade of planning and public input. The new GMUG Forests Plan sets the guidelines that Forest Service staff must...
