SCOTUS Slaps Away Public Land Grab Attempt

Western hunters and anglers will be breathing a temporary sigh of relief after the Supreme Court of the United States today declined to hear a state of Utah bid to wrest 18.5 million acres of public land away from the federal government.

WA BHA: ‘Last-minute’ Inslee Commission Appointments ‘Undermine Public Trust’

Governor Jay Inslee’s waning-hours appointments to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission are blasted by the state chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers as undermining public trust, abandoning stakeholder input and transparency, contradicting recommendations in the recent Ruckelshaus report, and deepening wildlife management conflicts he’s created.