TAKE ACTION | DONATE | JOIN US | SHOP
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Backcountry Beat

Backcountry Beat, August 2021

Friend —

Public Lands Month is here!

We at BHA designated September as Public Lands Month back in 2017 as a way to celebrate our North American lands and waters.

This year in September, we'll be bringing you weekly Public Land Policy Features, highlighting key issues and landscapes where your action is critical. Ranging from conservation of our grasslands habitat to the Arctic North, your voices are needed like never before. 

In September we'll also be channeling our community's drive in support of cleaning up our shared lands and waters via BHA’s Public Land Pack-out. Inspired in 2019 by our North Carolina Chapter, the Public Lands Pack-out continues to grow. In our first year, we picked up 600 bags of trash. Last year, in 2020, we netted 4,000. This year we have an audacious goal of 10,000 bags of trash, collected from our lands and waters all across the continent. Thanks to First Lite for stepping up once again as a Pack-out sponsor and donating $3 per bag to BHA…up to 10,000 bags. 

With your help, I know we can do it!

I just got back from the glorious Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota with my young family. Otters, loons and northern pike still dance though all of our heads. The best part though, was that coveted third day when all the baggage of the outdoor word sloughs off and we immersed ourselves in the here and now. The stripping away to the bare essentials was just what we all needed. We got to canoe through some of the wildest waters in America, but even better we connected in a real way as a family unit...and I am forever grateful for that experience. 

Go, Fight, Win!

 

Land Tawney
President/CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

National Policy Updates

BHA has been pushing for some major policy goals as the summer turns to fall.

Read More

Chapter Policy Updates

Check out what your local chapters did this past month.

Read More

New Staff at BHA

Now there's more of us!

Read More

Volunteer with BHA Collegiate Clubs This Semester

Join — or start — a Collegiate Club today!

Read More

The Outdoors for All Scholarship

At our 2021 Annual North American Rendezvous we announced the Aidan Long/Outdoors for All Scholarship to celebrate the life of Aidan Long, son of longtime BHA leader, volunteer and friend, Ben Long. 

Read More

The Suns Out Guns Out Sweepstakes is Almost Done

Buy tickets to win a sweet hunting firearm today!

Read More

Public Land Pack-Out 2021

September is our Public Land Pack-Out, an annual event where BHA members maintain the places we love by picking up and and taking out thousands of bags of garbage left in the places we all...

Read More

The Public Lands Month Sale

Every dollar spent in the store turns in September into an entry for a $2,000 BHA prize package, including a Savage rifle, Yeti cooler and Seek Outside 8-person tipi!

Read More

Dog Life Membership

We’re happy to announce a dog life membership option to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. When you sign up, your dog will receive great rewards!

Read More

Sharpen Your Broadheads

We're sharpening our broadheads and tuning our bows for this season. Are you?

Read More

Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest

Our Dog Days Of Summer Photo Challenge, sponsored by Eukanuba, ends tomorrow! Send us a pic of your pup on Instagram for a shot at a $300 Danner gift certificate!

Read More

Hike to Hunt 2021: The Final Results

Thanks to all who participated in this year's Hike to Hunt!

Read More

Midnight Forest

Midnight Forest is a straight bourbon whiskey produced by Spotted Bear Spirits in partnership with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and for every bottle sold, $2 is donated to help conserve our public lands and waters....

Read More

From the BHA Podcast

Ep. 110: Migration Corridors, Desert Elk, Mule Deer and Wyoming's Red Desert

Listen Now

Ep. 111: Jonathan Wilkins, founder, Black Duck Revival

Listen Now

Featured Profiles

Chapter of the Month

Oregon BHA

Congratulations to Oregon BHA for being August's Chapter of the Month!

Read More

Member of the Month

Eric Hanson

California BHA member Eric Hanson is the Aug. 2021 BHA Member of the Month!

Read More

Corporate Partner

Eukanuba

Keep your dog in hunting shape with fuel from our sponsor, Eukanuba!

Read More

Upcoming Events

01
Sep

Adopt an Access 2023-2024

Texas - Statewide, Beaumont, TX

08
Sep

AFI American Prairie Collaboration

American Prarie, Billings, MT

23
Sep

WDNR chainsaw safety training course

Hook Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon, WI

23
Sep

2023 Oklahoma Waterfowl Festival

G&H Decoys Inc, Henryetta, OK

23
Sep

2nd Annual National Public Lands Day Fence Removal & Campout

Maybell , Maybell, CO

23
Sep

NV BHA Range Day

Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range, Carson City, NV

23
Sep

Big Bear Public Land Packout Presented by OnX

Jenks Lake, Big Bear

23
Sep

Kern River Raft & Pack Out - Presented by OnX Hunt

Kern River, Kernville, CA

23
Sep

Public Lands Pale Ale Launch Party

Pour Company , Moscow, ID

23
Sep

SC BHA Swig and Swine Pint Night, presented by ONX Maps

Swig and Swine, Mount Pleasant, SC

Facebook   Twitter   Instagram
www.backcountryhunters.org
725 W Alder, Suite 11, Missoula, MT, 59802


This email was sent to .
To update your email preferences or unsubscribe, click here.