Chapter News State Issues Action Alerts Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program is Under Fire 10/28/2025 Take Action for the Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues CALL TO ACTION: Support a Sandhill Crane Season in Wisconsin 11/4/2024 Join the Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in urging committee members to recommend the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources seek federal approval for a hunting season of... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA Signs on to Protect Prairie Chicken Habitat From Solar Farm Project 6/20/2024 The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has signed on to a letter that addresses concerns around the Vista Sand Solar Project, which if allowed, would be the largest solar farm in... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues WI Sharptail grouse comment period OPEN 11/7/2023 Sharptail grouse hunting was once as much a mark of autumn as the family hunting camp in the North Woods. Men, women, children and dogs would take to the pine... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter, Hunting
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA Chapter Newsletter- July 2023 7/18/2023 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA Chapter Newsletter- Spring 2023 4/6/2023 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues AFI Podcast Tour 10/31/2022 AFI Director Trevor Hubbs has been hitting the podcast network on a speaking tour for a few months garnering support for the program and building sponsor relationships. For a list of Podcast... Tags: Montana Chapter, Michigan Chapter, Armed Forces Initiative, Wisconsin Chapter, New England Chapter, Kansas Chapter, Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues March/April 2022 Wisconsin BHA Newsletter 4/13/2022 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Wisconsin Positions on Wisconsin Conservation Congress 2022 Spring Questionnaire 4/11/2022 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues February 2022 Wisconsin BHA Newsletter 3/1/2022 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA addresses package of 'Freedom Bills' 1/26/2022 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues January 2022 Wisconsin BHA Newsletter 1/26/2022 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues November 2021 Wisconsin BHA Newsletter 11/29/2021 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues October 2021 Wisconsin BHA Newsletter 10/19/2021 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues WI BHA - Call for Volunteer Board Members 10/19/2021 The Wisconsin chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is excited to announce our 2021-22 Board Member Search. We are looking to grow and expand the mission of Wisconsin Public Land. We are... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Take action and support Wisconsin's CWD disposal bill 4/6/2021 2021 Senate Bill 166 and 2021 Assembly Bill 151 is currently in front of the Wisconsin State Senate’s Natural Resources and Energy Committee. This bill mandates the Department of Natural Resources... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media State Issues Tell your Legislators to renew the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund 3/31/2021 Since 1989, the Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program has been used to expand nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities and protecting environmentally sensitive areas. For the last 30 years,... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media State Issues Stand up for access and urge co-sponsorship of the Wisconsin railroad crossing bill 3/31/2021 For over 100 years hunters and anglers of Wisconsin were able to access some of the very best hunting and fishing in the state simply by walking directly across a set of railroad tracks. From De... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media State Issues Veto Funding for Deer Farms, Protect Wisconsin's Wild Deer 6/17/2019 On June 11, the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee approved the allocation of $100,000 in hunter license dollars to deer farms in a poorly-considered and scientifically-unsound attempt to study the... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin Chapter urges action on biennial budget 4/5/2019 The 2019-21 budget process is underway, and we need you to make your voice heard. The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers was extremely disappointed to find out Gov. Evers chose to... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues WI BHA Applauds the Bipartisan Sponsorship of CWD Management Act from Wisconsin Delegation 3/19/2019 The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for introducing the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act. ... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin 2018 Midterm Election Candidate Questionnaire 10/1/2018 Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members will vote in several crucial elections in 2018 that will affect hunting, fishing, and the management of wildlife and public lands, including... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin's new CWD rules under threat 9/24/2018 “In any moment of decision, the best thing to do is the right thing, the next best thing to do is the wrong thing, and the worst thing that you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt For too... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media State Issues LWCF Project at Risk: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and the Ice Age Trail, Wisconsin 8/21/2018 Wisconsin is one of America’s great outdoor states, with one of the nation’s highest rates of participation in hunting, fishing, wildlife watching and outdoor sports. The state abounds in outdoor... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter, Access & Opportunity
Media State Issues LWCF Success Story: Brule-St. Croix Legacy Forest, Wisconsin 8/21/2018 The Brule-St. Croix Legacy Forest is a working landscape of the American heartland, 67,205 acres of forest and water with a long history of logging, snowmobiling, hunting and fishing, far from... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter, Access & Opportunity
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA supports new CWD restrictions within the state 7/23/2018 On May 2nd Governor Walker announced new efforts to combat CWD within the state of Wisconsin. CWD is a legitimate threat to our hunting heritage in Wisconsin. These included three main steps to... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues WIBHA - Action Alert - Help Protect Wisconsin's Roadless Areas 7/20/2018 In October 2017, the Natural Resources Board amended the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest master plan to include a proposal to open more forest roads for motor vehicle access. ... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Tell Governor Walker to protect waterway access and veto AB 599 2/26/2018 Last week the Wisconsin state house and senate passed AB 599. AB 599 prevents the DNR from declaring a stream a navigable waterway if a private landowner has dammed that stream. The Wisconsin... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Action Alert - Wisconsin Water Access 2/1/2018 As you may have already heard, there is currently a bill proposed that would limit public use of navigable waterways. AB 599/ SB 506 prevents the DNR from declaring a stream a navigable waterway... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA's Position on State Land Sale 10/12/2016 The Issue:The latest phase of state lands proposed for sale by the state of Wisconsin would result in the direct loss of 1,344 acres of high quality public hunting, fishing and recreational... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter, Access & Opportunity
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