Backcountry Beat, August 2021
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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
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BHA has been pushing for some major policy goals as the summer turns to fall.
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Check out what your local chapters did this past month.
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Join — or start — a Collegiate Club today!
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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.
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Buy tickets to win a sweet hunting firearm today!
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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...
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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!
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We're sharpening our broadheads and tuning our bows for this season. Are you?
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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!
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Thanks to all who participated in this year's Hike to Hunt!
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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.
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From the BHA Podcast
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Chapter of the Month
Congratulations to Oregon BHA for being August's Chapter of the Month!
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Member of the Month
California BHA member Eric Hanson is the Aug. 2021 BHA Member of the Month!
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Corporate Partner
Keep your dog in hunting shape with fuel from our sponsor, Eukanuba!
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Upcoming Events
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Common Roots Albany Outpost, Albany, NY
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Coopers Rock State Forest, Bruceton Mills, WV
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Front Street Taproom, Fargo , ND
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La Cumbre Brewing Co, Albuquerque, NM
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Capitol East Lawn, Denver, CO
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Yankee Springs Township Fire Dept. , Wayland, MI
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Launches and WMA along Southern Lake Champlain, Whitehall, NY
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Hwy 10 Bridge Boat Ramp on Spring River, Miami, OK
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Buckhorn Lake, Buckhorn, KY
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