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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uncle Jimbo" data-source="post: 312205" data-attributes="member: 3880">ZERO, ZILCH, NADA! All signs and materials were provided by the USFS. The time, sweat, vehicles, gasoline, food and beer (at end of day) were provided by ND BHA members participating in the project. We are 100% volunteer organization at the state level and no funds from "National" or "ND" BHA were used during the signage project. Having to belong to a national organization is the way national organizations work. I don't always like it but there are some benefits that come with it that aren't always apparent at first. One example being the communications networks that are setup that we can utilize. Example: 2018 ND Legislative session had a couple of bills that could have negatively affected public land access in ND. We were able to utilize an email system that made it easy for us to reach out to ND BHA members and subsequently make it easy for them to reach out to their elected representatives. There are more benefits than that but that is one example. That being said, I'm not oblivious to the sentiments of some of the leadership at the national level. Some changes have already been made and more may need to be made in the future. At the end of the day, it is members that can make that change and I know many who've voiced their concerns. I wouldn't be surprised if those member voices helped drive some of those changes.Try joining just a North Dakota chapter of RMEF, DU, MDF, NRA, AARP, etc without belonging to a "national" org.If you'd like to start a local public land conservation organization for hunters and anglers I'd be happy to sign up and help out. I mean that sincerely. Being a husband and father of two young children leaves me short on the time and energy required to start one on my own.Related to that topic, below is a good article. The entire series of articles is very good and worth reading.<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/founding-a-local-conservation-club-is-harder-than-it-seems/ar-BBZ20WL" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/founding-a-local-conservation-club-is-harder-than-it-seems/ar-BBZ20WL</a>Part 1: <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/goodbye-critter-group-birth-of-hi-line-sportsmen/" target="_blank">https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/goodbye-critter-group-birth-of-hi-line-sportsmen/</a>Part 2: <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/how-national-critter-groups-replaced-local-conservation-clubs/" target="_blank">https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/how-national-critter-groups-replaced-local-conservation-clubs/</a>Part 3: see abovePart 4: <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/whats-next-for-citizen-conservation/" target="_blank">https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/blogs/opencountry/whats-next-for-citizen-conservation/</a></blockquote>

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