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Sep

2025

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Condemns Effort to Roll Back Public Lands Rule

Author: Nadia Marji
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Sep

2025

Public Hunting, Fishing Expanded on 16 National Wildlife Refuges

Author: Nadia Marji
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Sep

2025

Public Lands Month 2025

September is officially here, and we’ve got a full lineup of ways you can get the most out of the month dedicated to our shared passion: public lands.

Author: Nadia Marji
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Aug

2025

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Welcomes Confirmation of Brian Nesvik as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2025  Contact:  Media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont. —Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today applauded the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Brian Nesvik as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). A seasoned wildlife manager, lifelong hunter, former warden, and most recently Chief Law Enforcement and Director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Nesvik brings decades of experience in wildlife management and conservation ...
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Jul

2025

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Announces Leadership Transition

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   July 29, 2025   Contact:   media@backcountryhunters.org     Berry to step down; Board reaffirms focus on continuity, community, and long-term impact.   MISSOULA, Mont.—The North American Board of Directors for Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today announced that Patrick Berry has stepped down from his role as President and CEO, effective July 25, 2025, to pursue new opportunities and focus on personal priorities. “We thank Patrick for his service during an ...
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Jul

2025

Supreme Court Could Determine Access to 8 Million Acres of Public Lands

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   July 21, 2025   Contact:   media@backcountryhunters.org     WASHINGTON, D.C.—With more than 8 million acres of public lands on the line, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is once again mobilizing hunters, anglers, and public land owners to help fund the final legal battle in what may be the most pivotal public lands case of this generation. Iron Bar Holdings, LLC, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark decision by the 10th Circuit Court of ...
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Jul

2025

Supreme Court Could Determine Access to 8 Million Acres of Public Lands

Author: Nadia Marji

WASHINGTON, D.C.—With more than 8 million acres of public lands on the line, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is once again mobilizing hunters, anglers, and public land owners to help fund the final legal battle in what may be the most pivotal public lands case of this generation. Iron Bar Holdings, LLC, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that upholds the legality of “corner crossing”—a method of accessing public lands at the shared corners of public and private lands laid out in a checkerboard configuration.  

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18

Jul

2025

Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration

Author: Nadia Marji
For Immediate Release: July 18, 2025   For Information Contact: Valerie DiMarzio, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, vdimarzio@cbf.org Alena Billingsley, Armed Forces Initiative, afimarketing@backcountryhunters.org      ANNAPOLIS, MD—In a triumph for outdoor stewardship and clean water, roughly a dozen U.S. veterans and servicemembers joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) this week to restore oyster habitat in Maryland and Virginia.   Both events were part of a larger Chesapeake Bay fishing ...
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Jun

2025

Public Land Sell-Off in Senate Defeated After National Uprising by Hunters, Anglers, Public Land Advocates

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 28, 2026  Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org    Washington, D.C.—Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is celebrating the announcement that Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) controversial public lands disposal provision has been formally withdrawn from the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. This reversal follows a wave of national opposition—led by BHA members and supporters across all 50 states—who mobilized and ...
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Jun

2025

USDA Rescinds Near Quarter Century Old Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 24, 2025  Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont.—Backcountry Hunters & Anglers strongly opposes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to roll back the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule—removing long-standing protections for 58.5 million acres of national forest lands across 39 states. For 24 years, the Roadless Rule has provided bedrock safeguards some of America’s most remote and ecologically valuable public lands from ...
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