Chapter Policy Updates

United States

Arizona

Arizona BHA Urges Responsible and Ethical Use of Our Public Lands


Capital

Capital Region Chapter Featured in Virginia Wildlife Magazine


 Colorado

Colorado BHA's Habitat Watch Volunteer Program


Louisiana

Louisiana: Catahoula Lake Case Partly Reversed by the Supreme Court; State Relieved of Hefty Judgment, but Concerns Remain


 Minnesota

BHA Teams Up with Pheasants Forever and Others to Secure New Public Land Acquisition


Montana

Montana BHA Comments on Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest Plan Revision


New Mexico

NM BHA Joins Lawsuit to Fight for Public Water Access


North Dakota

North Dakota BHA Pays Tribute to Dedicated Conservationist and Chapter Leader


Ohio

Ohio BHA Urges Responsible Public Lands Use During Health Crisis


Vermont

Vermont Collegiate Club Members Spearhead Habitat Improvement Project


Washington

Washington BHA Comments in Support of Using Volunteer Hunters to Control Non-Native Mountain Goat Population in Olympic National Park


Canada

 

Alberta

  • The AEP Minister announced plans to de-list and/or transfer 39 percent of existing parks to private partnerships to save $5 million. We lead the hunting and angling opposition to these plans, as it removes protections on existing habitat, as well as enabling the sales of these public lands.
  • We also mobilized a media and letter-writing campaign to raise awareness in response to recently announced public land sales and focused the public's attention on providing feedback to their local elected representatives, in addition to the AEP minister and Alberta premier.
  • Pivoting from our in-person workshops, funded by the Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund, into online webinars has been a huge success, and it has helped in membership growth and delivering quality content to our members and others.

British Columbia

The British Columbia chapter engaged on the recent west-slope cutthroat trout collapse in the upper Fording River and submitted comments to Teck, the coal company that owns the open-pit mines within the watershed. Read the chapter's comments here, the chapter's letter to Teck, and Teck's response.