Media Chapter News State Issues State Policy Spotter State Policy Spotter 7/1/2025 This is your October edition of BHA's State Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting our wild public lands, waters and wildlife across North... Tags: Montana Chapter, Florida Chapter, Illinois Chapter, Policy, media, New England Chapter, Utah Chapter, Idaho Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues BHA Condemns Senate Proposal to Sell Off Up to 3 Million Acres of Public Lands 6/11/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rebuking a sweeping new proposal released by the Senate... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter, California Chapter, Washington Chapter, Colorado Chapter, Wyoming Chapter, Utah Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Idaho Chapter, Arizona Chapter, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Public Lands Victory: BHA Applauds Removal of Land Sale Amendment from House Budget Bill 5/21/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org Public Lands Victory: BHA Applauds Removal of Public Land Sale Amendment from House Budget Reconciliation... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter, Utah Chapter
Media News Chapter News Issues Federal Issues These Woods Saved Me. Now I’m Fighting to Save Them for My Sons 5/20/2025 By Hunter Owen I’ve spent most of my adult life in uniform. As a dad I’ve done my best to balance fatherhood and life in uniform. But the truth is, I’ve been in and out of... Tags: media, Armed Forces Initiative
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Reintroduced Senate Bill and New House Companion Would Conserve More Than 700,000 Acres of Public Lands in Colorado 5/19/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Hunters and Anglers Applaud the Reintroduction of the Ruby Mountains Protection Act 4/11/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2025 Contacts: Dan Johnson, California/Nevada Public Lands Manager, Trout Unlimited, dan.johnson@tu.org Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Hunters and Anglers Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Boundary Waters 4/9/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2025 Contacts: Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org Lukas Leaf, Executive... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues 10th Circuit Court Affirms District Court Decision in Corner-Crossing Case, Upholding Public Access Rights 3/18/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2025 CONTACT: Devin O’Dea, Western Policy & Conservation Manager, odea@backcountryhunters.org Denver, CO – In a huge victory for public land owners,... Tags: media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter, Wyoming Chapter, Utah Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Kansas Chapter, Oklahoma Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues California’s National Monuments a Bullseye, 850,000 Acres of Public Lands Under Threat 3/18/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2025 Contact: Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org California’s National Monuments a Bullseye, 850,000... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Western State Policy Spotter - March 3/4/2025 This is your March 4th edition of BHA's Western Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting wild public lands, waters and wildlife across the West. Note - this... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Nevada Chapter, Texas Chapter, California Chapter, Washington Chapter, Colorado Chapter, Wyoming Chapter, Utah Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Idaho Chapter, Arizona Chapter, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Western State Policy Spotter - First Look 2/7/2025 Welcome to your first glimpse of BHA's Western Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting wild public lands, waters and wildlife across the West. Much like... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Nevada Chapter, Texas Chapter, California Chapter, Washington Chapter, Colorado Chapter, Wyoming Chapter, Utah Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Idaho Chapter, Arizona Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues President Trump’s Day One Actions Include Assault on Alaska Public Lands 1/21/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 21, 2025 Contact: Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org President Trump’s Day One Actions Include Assault on... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Field to Table Mule Deer Picadillo 1/9/2025 Growing up in Houston, Texas, I was exposed to an abundant food scene fueled by the city’s diverse population. From African oxtail stew to VietCajun crawfish and noodles, I developed an... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Field to Table
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Hunters & Anglers Celebrate Temporary Oil and Gas Withdrawal in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains 12/30/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 30, 2024 Contact: Kaden McArthur, Government Relations Manager, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org The Sportsmen for the Rubies Coalition encourages strong collaboration... Tags: media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Senate Committee Advances Final Public Lands and Waters Legislation for the 118th Congress 11/20/2024 On November 19, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its final Business Meeting of the 118th Congress. The record-breaking number of bills on the docket highlights the backlog of... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Nevada Chapter, California Chapter, Public Waters Access, Access & Opportunity, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues US Marines Provide Helicopter Support for Bighorn Sheep Habitat Improvement 11/15/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 15, 2024 Contact: Devin O'Dea 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org | Scott Gibson 909-210-0548, scottygibson@gmail.com Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and the... Tags: media, California Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media State Issues Veterans Against the Ambler Road: A Call for Responsible Stewardship of Public Lands 11/13/2024 As a veteran who has dedicated my life to serving this country, I am deeply troubled by an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would revive the Ambler Road project.... Tags: Policy, media, Armed Forces Initiative, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Field to Table Grouse & Dumplings 10/2/2024 The arrival of fall means many things to a hunter. Here in Montana in September, I’m often conflicted by the dueling options of archery elk hunting and the upland bird season. Bow or shotgun?... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Field to Table
Media Chapter News State Issues Hunters Cannot Dismiss the Magnitude of Utah’s Public Lands Lawsuit 9/16/2024 On August 20th, 2024, Utah’s Governor Cox announced a sweeping lawsuit that the State filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the federal government’s legal right to hold and manage 18.5... Tags: media, Utah Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Utah Attempts to Wrest Public Lands Out of Public Hands 8/20/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 20, 2024 Contact: Devin O’Dea, 415-246-5329 odea@backcountryhunters.org Utah Attempts to Wrest Public Lands Out of Public Hands SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Backcountry... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Utah Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Local Outdoorsmen Rally to Save the Cutoff 5/22/2024 In early 2022, a private landowner illegally blocked access to a popular public hunting and fishing destination in East Texas known locally as “The Cutoff”. A group of local sportsmen who hunt and... Tags: media, Texas Chapter, Public Waters Access, Access & Opportunity
Media State Issues Corner Crossing Lawsuit Update: The Brief Defending Access to Public Lands 1/11/2024 WYOMING — The corner crossing lawsuit is on appeal at the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Colorado after moving from state court in Wyoming, to federal court in Wyoming,... Tags: media, Wyoming Chapter
Media State Issues Montana BHA: 2023 Year In Review 12/21/2023 Here's a quick(ish) recap of what Montana BHA was able to accomplish in 2023, and what's on our minds as we head into the new year: Policy Efforts Every other year, Montana’s legislature is... Tags: Montana Chapter, media
Media Chapter News State Issues Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Get Another Boost from U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron 12/13/2023 ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK, Calif - For the third year in a row the brave men and women of the U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron HMLAT303 have stepped up to provide aerial support for bold... Tags: media, California Chapter, Armed Forces Initiative, Habitat Stewardship
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues I-8 Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Crossing Project 8/24/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 24, 2023Contact: Devin O'Dea, 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org Wildlife Conservation Board Awards Multi-Million Dollar Grant to U.C. Davis for the... Tags: media, Press Releases, California Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media State Issues RI Shoreline Access Bills Become Law 6/27/2023 On Monday June 26, 2023 RI Governor Dan McKee signed H5174A & S417A, completing the legislative process for the pair to become State law. The Governor’s signature comes less than two weeks after... Tags: Policy, media, Public Waters Access, New England Chapter
Media State Issues Built on a Conservation Foundation: Wyoming BHA's Success in Corner Crossing 6/13/2023 From a GoFundMe page that raised six figures and tireless lobbying at the Wyoming Legislature in 2023 to regular contact and determination in telling the story of public access in their state, the... Tags: media, Wyoming Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana BHA and Partners Celebrate Bill that Defends Legal Public Access 5/19/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Montana’s House Bill 486 increases the fine 10X for illegally blocking public... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media State Issues Hunting Ethically Is Good, Hard Work 5/1/2023 While hunting Rocky Mountain elk or mountain Merriam’s turkeys or any other wild game in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains I generally endeavor to meet up with Colorado Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: media, Colorado Chapter
Media State Issues Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 154: The Legal Fight Over Corner Crossing Comes to a Head 4/25/2023 The future of public access to public lands is being decided in Wyoming with the ongoing saga of the corner-crossing hunters and their legal travails. We all have a dog in this fight – and never... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Podcast
Media Chapter News State Issues Central Coast Heritage Protection Act Reintroduced 4/14/2023 BHA is once again rallying support behind the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act recently reintroduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24). This legislation would add nearly 250,000 acres... Tags: Policy, media, California Chapter
Media State Issues Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 153: The MT Legislature, The Weed Tax, and The Conservationists 4/11/2023 Montana's legislature meets for only 90 days every two years, but the amount of work that goes into a single abbreviated session is mind-blowing. In just a few short months during its 2023... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Podcast
Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Defends Navigable Waters Rule and Secures Access in California 3/23/2023 Here in California we have a constitutional right to fish, and we have a right to access, hunt and fish the navigable waters of our state - for those waters are to be held in the public trust for... Tags: media, California Chapter, Public Waters Access, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases State Issues Southwest Public Lands Permanently Conserved Via Antiquities Act 3/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President Biden designates Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and Castner Range National... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media State Issues Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 151: Bill Avey, 40 Years in the Forest Service 3/14/2023 Retired Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Supervisor Bill Avey is here to give us a clear view into the workings of the U.S. Forest Service – and what is arguably, for a public lands hunter... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Podcast
Media State Issues Wildlife Loses Unless We Solve Conflict Between Landowners & Hunters 3/2/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in Cowboy State Daily on Feb. 27, 2023. Dear Editor: Last hunting season, a story ran in the Cowboy State Daily of a bull elk wasting away on... Tags: media, Wyoming Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL TO SAVE PINE LOG WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 1/31/2023 The Georgia Board of BHA would like to keep you updated on the efforts to save Pine Log WMA. If you are able to attend the Bartow County zoning meetings on Feb. 7th or Feb. 9th please do in order... Tags: media, Southeast Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues I-8 Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Crossing Project 1/25/2023 Winding double yellow lines twist and turn through a boulder strewn canyon of Interstate 8 close to the border with Mexico. A federally endangered Peninsular bighorn ram lays motionless on the... Tags: media, California Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media Press Releases State Issues Roadless Protections for Backcountry Lands in Southeastern Alaska Restored 1/25/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Roadless Areas in the Tongass National Forest offer irreplaceable big game habitat, host... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Beat the "Chicken Bill" in Ohio 1/6/2023 To be beaten in a game when you’re on the field and playing hard – that’s a defeat you can live with. To be beaten in a game that you didn’t even know had started – that’s just not fair. The... Tags: Policy, media, Ohio Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Files Legal Brief in Federal Court Supporting ‘Corner Crossing’ 12/7/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public access to adjoining public lands via corner crossing is demonstrably legal, BHA... Tags: media, Press Releases, Wyoming Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Rewards OHV Enforcement in Hesperus, CO 9/16/2022 HESPERUS, CO — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently issued a reward to a citizen who reported illegal OHV use on Colorado’s public lands. Law enforcement officers from the U.S. Forest Service... Tags: media, Illegal Motorized Use, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana Hunting and Conservation Groups Solidify Court Standing in Legal Defense of Elk Management 9/1/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sonya Smith, MWF, 406-417-9909, sonya@mtwf.org District court judge... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media State Issues Privatizing Public Elk 7/21/2022 Photos: Erik Peterson "The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose,... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana BHA Cheers USFWS Establishment of Lost Trail Conservation Area 7/13/2022 News for Immediate Release July 13, 2022 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Multi-use nature of Lost Trail property will conserve wildlife habitat and... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Press Releases
Media State Issues Why do we want to Keep Elk Public? 6/10/2022 1. Why did Montana hunting and conservation groups formally file to intervene in the lawsuit by United Property Owners of Montana? The coalition’s members – Montana-based hunting and... Tags: Montana Chapter, media
Media State Issues Tell the EPA to Protect Bristol Bay Permanently 5/25/2022 For decades, the Pebble Mine has loomed over Alaska’s Bristol Bay, threatening fish, wildlife, and the people that call this watershed home. In November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... Tags: Policy, media, Public Waters Access, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Water for Sheep 3/31/2022 Photo: Brian Schwab, SCBS BHA’s California chapter, Armed Forces Initiative and the Marines team up to save bighorn sheep BY EVAN NORDSTROM While the devastating fires of the Western... Tags: media, California Chapter, Armed Forces Initiative, Backcountry Journal
Media Chapter News State Issues Take Action to Recover and Protect Atlantic Striped Bass 3/26/2022 In early May the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will convene for their spring meeting, at which time we’re expected to see their Atlantic Striped Bass Board finalize Amendment... Tags: media, New England Chapter
Media State Issues New Pine Tree agreement benefits public and wildlife 3/18/2022 We didn’t really need a reason to celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day, but public land hunters in Arkansas can raise a toast to a long-term management agreement for the Pine Tree Research Station... Tags: media, Arkansas Chapter, Access & Opportunity
Media State Issues Arkansas' Pine Tree Research Station Will Stay Open to Public Hunting 2/7/2022 A major victory for public lands hunting access was notched last week in the Arkansas Capitol as the attempted sale of the Pine Tree Research Station was closed down. "To put it succinctly,... Tags: media, Arkansas Chapter, Access & Opportunity
Media Chapter News State Issues 11 Ways BHA Chapters Are Working on Public Access to Your Public Lands & Waters Right Now 1/26/2022 Quality public hunting and fishing access consistently tops the list of issues outdoorsmen and women expect Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to help tackle. The need for recreational access only... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, California Chapter, Tennessee Chapter, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, New England Chapter, West Virginia Chapter, Southeast Chapter, Public Lands & Waters, Wyoming Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Pennsylvania Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Pebble Mine: Perspective From a Lifelong Alaskan Hunter 1/3/2022 We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family's 40-acre homestead... Tags: media, Public Waters Access, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Time to Stand up for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 11/17/2021 A great opportunity to stand up for one of our nation’s outdoor treasures could face West Virginia’s Senator Manchin soon. No one can dispute the beauty of West Virginia’s mountains, rivers, and... Tags: media, West Virginia Chapter, Public Lands & Waters
Media State Issues OR BHA Contributes $10k to Minam River Access 7/27/2021 In June, the OR BHA Chapter board voted in support of a $10,000 donation towards Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and ODFW's efforts to purchase land to expand the Minam River Wildlife Area... Tags: media, Oregon Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Alaska Roadless Habitat Conserved, Local Economies Boosted in USDA Plan 7/15/2021 MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry roadless lands in the Tongass National Forest, a public lands crown jewel in southeast Alaska, will see conservation safeguards restored and new measures put in place... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Rhode Island BHA Oppose Aquaculture Lease that Threatens Hunting Opportunities 7/9/2021 In April of 2020, two Little Compton brothers applied for a lease to establish a commercial oyster growing operation in the tidal waters adjacent to Sapowet Marsh Wildlife Management Area in... Tags: media, New England Chapter
Media State Issues Field to Table Wild Game Blue Cheese Burger 6/30/2021 As summer comes into view and the meat selection in the freezer gets a little sparse, we love to utilize ingredients we have on hand to create a recipe perfect for the warmer weather and some... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Field to Table
Media State Issues Montana Sen. Jon Tester Introduces Bill to Protect 385 Miles of Rivers in State 6/24/2021 In June of 2021, Montana Sen. Jon Tester reintroduced the Montana Headwaters Legacy Act which aims to designate 385.4 miles of Montana's rivers as Wild & Scenic, nearly doubling the state's... Tags: Montana Chapter, media
Media State Issues Oregon BHA Supports Alternatives to ODFW’s 2022 Archery Elk Proposal 6/21/2021 In March of this year, representatives from your Oregon Backcountry Hunters & Anglers board were invited by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Archery Elk project team to discuss the... Tags: media, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Arctic Refuge Development Delayed Under Administration Order 1/22/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 21, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Biden administration orders temporary moratorium on oil and gas development in the... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Field to Table Maple Turkey w/ Midnight Forest Bourbon Whiskey 12/23/2020 I read over a dozen recipes for wild turkey before setting out to cook my first one. The sentiments I found in some forums as to the dark meat being “not worth” preparing did not deter me, but... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Field to Table
Media Press Releases State Issues U.S. Forest Service Drops Controversial Sections from Crazy Mountains Land Swap 12/11/2020 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 11, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org USFS cited input from sportsmen and women as reason for change in course MISSOULA,... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues Businesses and Groups Unite to Advocate for Alaska’s Far North 12/7/2020 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The entities sent a letter to leaders in Congress and the administration urging them to... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Forest Service Moves to Open Development in Alaska Roadless Area 9/30/2020 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 28, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Despite overwhelming public opposition, Tongass National Forest’s salmon fisheries, big... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Field to Table Grilled Venison Orecchiette Stroganoff 7/8/2020 Stroganoff is one of those meals that just hits all the right notes: it's a comfort food from childhood that's a bit heavy and filling, leaving you in a wonderful food coma afterward. In an effort... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Field to Table
Media Press Releases State Issues Alaska Roadless Habitat Opened to Logging, Development 10/16/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 16, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Prime big game habitat and fisheries left vulnerable as administration exempts Tongass... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana BHA Takes Legal Action Against USFS over Public Access in Crazy Mountains 6/10/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 10, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Coalition contends that the Forest Service is abdicating its duty to uphold and defend... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media State Issues Backcountry Journal From Backcountry Journal: Crazy Business 3/21/2018 Image courtesy of Don Thomas Readers and BHA members outside of Montana may have never heard of the Crazy Mountains, although that is likely to change. One of Montana’s dozen isolated “island”... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases State Issues Public Lands Sportsmen Rally Against Bundy Event 1/21/2018 Montana members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers attend anti-public lands conclave featuring lawbreaking Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy PARADISE, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members from... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media State Issues The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Epitome of Remoteness 12/8/2017 As an avid elk hunter in Idaho and Wyoming, I often marvel at how elk country, even when very close to cars and civilization, can feel wild. Entering a tight, timbered canyon, especially when elk... Tags: media, Armed Forces Initiative, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Team-Up with Pike National Forest (USFS) to Protect Habitat & Access 12/5/2017 In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species.... Tags: media, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Sportsmen Urge Senate to Reject Plan to Drill Arctic Refuge 11/14/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 14, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sportsmen Urge Senate to Reject Plan to Drill Arctic Refuge As Senate considers opening... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Public Access to Sabinoso Wilderness Achieved 11/10/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 10, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public Access to Sabinoso Wilderness Achieved Public lands sportsmen among loudest... Tags: media, Press Releases, news, Access & Opportunity, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Unlocking Landlocked Public Lands 3/14/2016 Each year, America’s 40 million hunters and anglers contribute $200 billion to the national economy, and support millions of American jobs. Hunting and fishing aren’t mere pastimes, they are... Tags: media, Michigan Chapter, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Expanding Public Access on Colorado's State Trust Lands 3/14/2016 The state of Colorado currently provides public hunting and fishing access on a mere 20 percent of its state trust lands, or approximately 480,000 of 3 million acres. This represents the lowest... Tags: media, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Colorado BHA Op-Ed: Transferring Federal Public Lands to States Bad for Hunters and Anglers 3/11/2016 As a big game hunter who (like over 90% of Colorado sportsmen) hunts public lands, the recent push by some elected officials and big-industry groups to transfer our federal public lands to state... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Reports State Issues Conserving Greater Sage Grouse: A Sportsmen's Priority 3/4/2016 Tags: media, Habitat Stewardship, Fish & Wildlife Management, Reports, Arizona Chapter
Media State Issues Sportsmen Praise Badger-Two Medicine Action 3/4/2016 Montana hunters and anglers are thanking Sen. Jon Tester, the Department of the Interior and the Blackfeet Tribe for their continued commitment to conserve some of the finest big game habitat and... Tags: Montana Chapter, media
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Statement on Arrest of Cliven Bundy 2/11/2016 MISSOULA, Mont. - In the wake of the arrest in Oregon of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada scofflaw and leader of a movement to seize public lands from the American people, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Oregon BHA Spearheads Efforts to Ban Drones for Hunting 5/1/2015 SALEM, Ore. – Proponents of fair chase hunting are celebrating a success in the Beaver State as the Oregon Senate advances legislation that would ban the use of drones for hunting and... Tags: media, Press Releases, Fair Chase, Oregon Chapter
Media State Issues Protecting Our Public Lands 10/15/2014 The following article, by Tim Brass, was originally published in the October/November issue of the Outdoor Writers Association of America's Outdoors Unlimited Magazine. "We have fallen heirs to... Tags: media, Wisconsin Chapter, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters
Media State Issues New Hampshire Drone Petition 6/10/2014 A PETITION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME COMISSIONDate: February 1st, 2014Brandon Corey EllisCo-Chair Board of... Tags: media, New England Chapter, Fair Chase
Media State Issues The West Mountain Wildlife Management Area 8/14/2013 This was a letter wrriten to Doug Morin on behalf of the New England BHA Chapter:Dear Mr. Morin:We write on behalf ofthe New EnglandChapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA). Backcountry... Tags: media, New England Chapter