Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is urging the Rhode Island Supreme Court to uphold the state’s 2023 shoreline access law. In a joint amicus curiae brief filed with the Surfrider Foundation, BHA argues that Rhode Island’s shoreline rights have deep legal and customary roots and that the 2023 law provides clarity for both the public and property owners.

For the last several years the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has advocated to reform Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). After first weighing in in 2022, BHA’s Rhode Island team elevated the issue as a top policy priority in 2024 and 2025 and has participated in every public input opportunity related to the Council’s structure since then. During their 2025 legislative session several CRMC reform bills have been considered by RI’s General ...