Call of the Wild - Alaska BHA Volunteers Answer
by Barry Whitehill
“The Call” for volunteers to help at the start of the 2024 Yukon Quest by former Alaska BHA Board member Travis Booms saw hardy Interior members answer.
Despite temperatures approaching -50 below, I recognised at least four other Alaska BHA members bundled in furs and ice fog. In those temperatures the spectator turn-out was much diminished but it did allow for more in-depth conversations with hardy participants and guests about BHA and public wild land issues. If nothing else it demonstrated that Backcountry Hunters and Anglers are willing to put boots on the ground when needed.
Vice Chair Barry Whitehill monitored the 2024 Yukon Quest start line pedestrian crossing.
About Barry Whitehill
I joined BHA in 2005 after a chance meeting with Holly Endersby at a Seven Devils, Idaho trailhead after a successful elk hunt. Since then I have been active with BHA as a life, legacy, and Alaska Chapter board member. I have lived in Alaska since 1992