Access and Public Lands

Keep It Public, Wyoming is hosting a Rally for Public Lands on Saturday, 5 November at the Izaak Walton League in Casper. Gotta love their tagline – Public Lands in Public Hands. Check out their site and sign their petition to keep ’em public here.

Kudos to USAC for nearing the 5000 Member Mark From a handful of concerned anglers the Utah Stream Access Coalition has grown to very nearly 5000 members, proof once again that a hard-working, highly motivated group of folks can still get things done for the greater good. To celebrate, USAC (along with Fish Tech Outfitters […]

Episode 10 of 16 in Randy’s series.

Video 9 of 16 in Randy’s superb series.

Over the past couple of months a good friend (Bobby) and I have been talking off and on about the impressive public lands push spearheaded by a number of advocacy and affinity groups. Here’s a great example – TU is now fully on the public lands bandwagon, as they damned well should be, and have […]

Raising Gus | A public lands story from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo.

Gary Berlin | A public lands story from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. Gary Berlin, retired Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer and ATV user, discusses his public lands story in Colorado.

Frank Moore – A Public Lands Story from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo.

8 of 16 in Randy’s superb ongoing series covering the ongoing public lands transfer debate.

7 of 16 in Randy Newberg’s excellent series on the ongoing public lands transfer debate.

In the sixth installment in his series on public land issues, Randy Newberg takes a hard look at lessons learned in Colorado.

Last week a friend and I had an email chat (I was clearly principally listening) about the Montana Stream Access law in reference to a fairly new public campaign launched recently. Management of public lands and access has the attention of Westerners in the county, and many others; there are a plethora of groups rightly […]

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (Missoula) has launched their Stream Access Now campaign – see all the details on the landing page here. You have to like what they’ve scribed on their ‘What’s at Stake’ page – At Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, we believe the right to access flowing water shouldn’t be determined by the size […]

Episode 5 of 15 in Randy’s excellent series…

From the ‘damn, I forgot to mention this last week file’, here’s a report that will make rightful and legal river access fanatics downright gleeful today. Montana’s scrappy, state constitution wielding, stand up and fight the giants (as in David v. Goliath) Public Land / Water Access Association won the latest round in the battle […]