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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 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

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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

	Collegiate Program News Volunteer with BHA Collegiate Clubs This Semester Join — or start — a Collegiate Club today! Read More

	Corporate Partner Eukanuba Keep your dog in hunting shape with fuel from our sponsor, Eukanuba! Read More

Upcoming Events 22 Sep Fall Kickoff Pint Night #2 - Beyond The Ears - Oxford, MI Beyond The Ears, Oxford, MI 23 Sep Apalachicola Quail Hunt Waffle House, Tallahassee, FL 23 Sep Apalachicola Quail Hunt2 Waffle House, Tallahassee, FL 23 Sep Public Trust Film @ Patagonia Old Town Patagonia Old Town, Alexandria, VA 23 Sep NYC Pint Night at Creamline Beer Garden Creamline Beer Garden @ Chelsea Market, New York, NY 24 Sep Big Bear Creek Habitat Improvement Project Big Bear Creek , Ruidoso , NM 24 Sep Pint Night With Southern Arizona Quail Forever 1912 Brewing Company, Tucson, AZ 25 Sep Public Lands Pack Out - Bolton Flats WMA Bolton Flats WMA, Lancaster, MA 25 Sep Public Land Pack Out - Conte NWR Maple Line Removal Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge, Canaan, NH 25 Sep Public Land Pack Out – Vermont Bridge Removal Green Mountain National Forest , Hancock, VT