Media Press Releases Local Fishing Businesses Call on President Biden to Designate Sáttítla National Monument 12/9/2024 Contacts: Sam Davidson, Policy Director, California Public Lands, Trout Unlimitedsam.davidson@tu.org; (831) 235-2542 Redgie Collins, Director of Law and Policy, California... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Secretary of Agriculture Nomination 12/3/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 3, 2024 Contacts: Thomas Plank, Communications Manager plank@backcountryhunters.org Nadia Marji, VP of Marketing & Communications nadia@backcountryhunters.org BHA... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Welcomes Conservation Leader James Brandenburg to North American Board 11/25/2024 For Immediate Release Nov. 25, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Welcomes Conservation Leader James Brandenburg to North American Board MISSOULA,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Acknowledges Secretary of Interior Announcement, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Conservation 11/15/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 15, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, Communications Manager, plank@backcountryhunters.org Nadia Marji, VP of Marketing & Communications, nadia@backcountryhunters.org BHA... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Organizations Optimistic about Final Plan to Protect Sage-Grouse Habitat, Call for Work to Begin 11/8/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BLM plan aims to stanch steep decline of iconic bird (WASHINGTON, D.C.--November 8, 2024) –... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Elected Officials in 15 States Oppose Public Lands, Condemned by Grassroots Network of Hunters and Anglers 11/4/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 1, 2024 Contact: Kaden McArthur, 435-770-3774, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org Elected Officials in 15 States Oppose Public Lands, Condemned by Grassroots Network of... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases The U.S. House of Representatives Introduces the North American Grasslands Conservation Act 10/9/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 9, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org The U.S. House of Representatives Introduces the North American Grasslands Conservation... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases New Senate Bill Would Conserve Over 700,000 Acres of Colorado Public Lands 9/26/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep. 26, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org New Senate Bill Would Conserve Over 700,000 Acres of Colorado Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C. –... Tags: media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases New BLM Solar Plans Seek to Balance Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals 8/30/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 30, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, plank@backcountryhunters.org New BLM Solar Plans Seek to Balance Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals Hunting, fishing organizations... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Anglers and Hunters Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Create Sáttítla National Monument 8/30/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 30, 2024 Contact: Joel Weltzien, (406) 925-3771, weltzien@backcountryhunters.org Anglers and Hunters Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Create Sáttítla National... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases BLM to Maintain Conservation Status for 28 Million Acres in Alaska 8/29/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 29, 2024 Contact: Mary Glaves, 415-246-5329, glaves@backcountryhunters.org BLM to Maintain Conservation Status for 28 Million Acres in Alaska Washington, D.C.... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA TO RUN ADS URGING CO, OR, CA, & AZ LEGISLATORS TO PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS, CONSERVATION PROGRAM 8/28/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 28, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank | plank@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Run Full-Page Ads Urging CO, OR, CA, and AZ Legislators to Act to Protect... Tags: Press Releases
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 News North American News Press Releases Public Hunting and Fishing Access Expanded on National Wildlife Refuges 8/2/2024 For Immediate Release Aug. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Public Hunting and Fishing Access Expanded on National Wildlife... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, North American News
Media Press Releases Coalition of Hunters and Anglers Invest in Ad Campaign to Highlight Need for the Designation of the Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument 8/1/2024 For Immediate Release Aug. 1, 2024 Contact: Zoe Bommarito, Trout Unlimted, zoe.bommarito@tu.org, 517-604-1844 Mary Jo Brooks, National Wildlife Federation, BrooksM@nwf.org, 303-549-8351 Thomas... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases ‘Good Samaritan’ Legislation to Clean Up Abandoned Mines Passes the Senate 8/1/2024 For Immediate Release Aug. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org “Good Samaritan” Legislation to Clean Up Abandoned Mines Passes the Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. –... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BLM to Halt Ambler Road Permit, Conserve 28 Million Acres of Alaska Public Lands 6/28/2024 For Immediate Release Jun. 28, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BLM to Halt Ambler Road Permit, Conserve 28 Million Acres of Alaska Public... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Legislation Introduced to Build on Migration Corridor Conservation 6/24/2024 For Immediate Release Jun. 24, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation Introduced to Build on Migration Corridor Conservation WASHINGTON, D.C. – New... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Welcomes Peter Vandergrift to North American Board 5/31/2024 For Immediate Release May 31, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Welcomes Peter Vandergrift to North American Board MISSOULA, MT — Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Receives $313K for Virtual Fencing Stewardship Project in CO 5/24/2024 For Immediate Release May 24, 2024 Contact: Brittany Parker 863-885-1650, parker@backcountryhunters.org BHA Receives $313K for Virtual Fencing Stewardship Project in CO WALDEN, CO — Backcountry... Tags: media, Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship
Media Press Releases Reauthorization of ACE Act Will Keep Important Conservation Programs Funded Until 2030 5/9/2024 For Immediate Release May 9, 2024 Contact: Thomas... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Legislation to Restore Hunting to California’s Castle Mountains, Improve Public Land Management 5/2/2024 For Immediate Release May 2, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation to Restore Hunting to California’s Castle Mountains, Improve Public Land... Tags: media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Press Releases Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expanded Via Antiquities Act 5/2/2024 For Immediate Release May 2, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expanded Via Antiquities Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – ... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Welcomes New VP of Marketing and Communications 4/29/2024 For Immediate Release April 29, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Welcomes New VP of Marketing and... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA 2024 Rendezvous Celebrates 20 Years as the Voice for Public Lands, Waters, and Wildlife 4/24/2024 For Immediate Release April 24, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA 2024 Rendezvous Celebrates 20 Years as the Voice for Public Lands, Waters, and... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Western Arctic Public Lands Receive Greater Protections 4/19/2024 For Immediate Release April 19, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org Western Arctic Public Lands Receive Greater Protections WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a leading... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Admin Signals Intent to Deny Ambler Road Permit: BHA, Conservation Groups Approve 4/19/2024 For Immediate Release April 19, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Admin Signals Intent to Deny Ambler Road Permit: BHA, Conservation Groups Approve WASHINGTON,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Final Public Lands Rule Will Elevate Conservation on Public Lands 4/18/2024 For Immediate Release April 18, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Final Public Lands Rule Will Elevate Conservation on Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C. – As... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Chuckwalla National Monument Would Conserve, Connect Public Lands 4/16/2024 For Immediate Release April 16, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Chuckwalla National Monument Would Conserve, Connect Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C.— As... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Press Releases U.S. House Passes Comprehensive Outdoor Legislation 4/9/2024 For Immediate Release Apr. 9, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org U.S. House... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Thompson Divide Mineral Withdrawal Benefits Public Lands, Waters, Wildlife 4/3/2024 For Immediate Release April 3, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank,303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Thompson... Tags: media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Supports Legislation to Extend, Increase Funding for Wetland Conservation 3/27/2024 For Immediate Release Mar. 27, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation to Extend, Increase Funding for Wetland Conservation WASHINGTON,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Supports Hardrock Mine ‘Good Samaritan’ Legislation 3/22/2024 For Immediate Release Mar. 22, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Supports Hardrock Mine ‘Good Samaritan’ Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Administration Budget Proposal Would Increase Investments in Public Lands 3/11/2024 For Immediate Release Mar. 11, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Administration Budget Proposal Would Increase Investments in Public... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases New Federal Legislation to Benefit Habitat, Falls Short of RAWA 2/29/2024 For Immediate Release Feb. 29, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org Kaden McArthur 435-770-3774,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Applauds Legislative Effort to Stop Public Land Transfers 2/19/2024 For Immediate Release Feb. 19, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Applauds Legislative Effort to Stop Public Land Transfers WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Senate Legislation Introduced to Reauthorize Popular Conservation Programs 2/9/2024 For Immediate Release Feb. 9, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Senate... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Continues Push for Permanent Protection of the Owyhee Canyonlands 2/2/2024 For Immediate Release Feb. 2, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Continues Push for Permanent Protection of the Owyhee Canyonlands WASHINGTON, D.C. –... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA’s North American Rendezvous 2024 Moves to Minneapolis Convention Center: Tickets Now Live 2/1/2024 For Immediate Release Feb. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA’s North American Rendezvous 2024 Moves to Minneapolis Convention Center: Tickets Now... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Ramps up Defense of Public Access in “Corner Crossing” Case 1/18/2024 For Immediate Release January 17, 2024 Contact: Devin O'Dea, 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org Thomas... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Announces Patrick Berry as New CEO 12/6/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseDecember 6, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), a trailblazing public lands and... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Three elevated to key front line roles at BHA 11/15/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseNovember 15, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Three BHA staff members have been chosen to fill newly-created... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA, Coalition of Other Hunting and Angling Groups Stand for Protection of AK's Brooks Range 11/3/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 3, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, MT.— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and 34 other conservation organizations are... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases Conservation coalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan bill to clean up abandoned mines 10/25/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) – A coalition of 41 conservation groups, including... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Longtime Policy Expert John Gale to Leave Backcountry Hunters & Anglers for Senior Position with the Bureau of Land Management 10/23/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to announce that John Gale, the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News BHA, Other NGOs Save Waterfowl Season at Popular Missouri National Wildlife Refuge 9/6/2023 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently helped score a big win for hunter access and opportunity in Missouri that will keep hunting open during the upcoming waterfowl season at Swan Lake National... Tags: Policy, media, Missouri Chapter, Access & Opportunity
Media Chapter News Press Releases Sego Trailhead Expansion Joins Public, Private Forces to Expand Access for Backcountry Users 8/4/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 19, 2023Contact: Katie DeLorenzo, 505-410-6284, delorenzo@backcountryhunters.org SALT LAKE CITY, UT. — In a multi-agency and organization collaboration, Utah... Tags: Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship, Utah Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases Arkansas BHA Brokers Access Agreement to Thousands of Acres 7/13/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 13, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Volunteer-driven partnership with private landowner and Game and Fish Commission... Tags: media, Press Releases, Arkansas Chapter, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases New Hunting Access Proposed on National Wildlife Refuges 6/23/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 23, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public input is requested on 48 expanded opportunities on three refuges, as well as... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Armed Forces Initiative (AFI) Names Matt Lee Colorado AFI Liaison 5/5/2023 Army National Guard veteran Matt Lee was named Armed Forces Initiative (AFI) Liaison for the Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers AFI Club. Matt was born in Iowa and raised in both Iowa and... Tags: Armed Forces Initiative, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 152: Murder of the Grand Kankakee Marsh 3/28/2023 “I have never yet found a place that equaled the Kankakee swamps for the variety of game to be found there.” – J. Lorenzo Werich, 1920. Few know the history now. None who experienced it are still... Tags: Illinois Chapter, media, Podcast, Indiana Chapter
Media Chapter News Protect Colorado's Thompson Divide 12/7/2022 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been working for years to secure greater certainty for Colorado’s Thompson Divide and the quality hunting and fishing experiences it provides. Now we need your... Tags: Policy, media, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 145: Ethnobotanist Dr. Susan Leopold 11/22/2022 Dr. Susan Leopold is an ethnobotanist who spent the early years of her career in the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon and Central America. An epiphany led her home, to Virginia and to the American... Tags: media, Podcast, Ohio Chapter, Mid-Atlantic 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 Chapter News Press Releases New Mexico Supreme Court Rules in Support of Public Access to Public Waters 9/2/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 2, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Decision confirms the public’s right to walk or wade streambeds that cross privately... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Waters Access, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 139: Kyle Lybarger, Native Habitat Project 8/30/2022 Kyle Lybarger, a 29-year-old consulting forester, father, deer-hunter, small creek addict and self-proclaimed “native plant nerd” of Hartselle, Alabama, is a major part of a new and wonderful... Tags: media, Podcast, Southeast Chapter
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 138: Mississippi Forester Alex Harvey 8/16/2022 Come with Hal to southern Mississippi to talk with Alex Harvey, a registered professional forester in Mississippi and Alabama and a land management consultant, wildlife biologist and... Tags: media, Podcast, Southeast Chapter
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 137: Marine Veteran and Storyteller Russell Worth Parker 8/2/2022 Russell Worth Parker, known as Worth, is a retired Marine and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. After 27 years in the Corps, he is home in Wilmington, North Carolina, hunting and fishing and... Tags: media, Podcast, Armed Forces Initiative, North Carolina Chapter, Public Lands & Waters
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 129: Joseph Jenkins, biologist, herpetologist, Alabama wanderer 4/12/2022 The Bankhead National Forest in Alabama is a place of shadowed canyons and rushing coldwater creeks, crystalline waterfalls and bluff shelters blackened by the smoke from campfires over thousands... Tags: media, Podcast, Southeast Chapter, Public Lands & Waters
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 128: Alabama Herpetologist Jimmy Stiles 3/29/2022 The Conecuh National Forest in south Alabama is known as the Heart of the Longleaf, a landscape of tall pine and wiregrass, restoration and recovery, humming with life and comprising a wild... Tags: Podcast, Southeast Chapter
Media Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 10/5/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 5, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Chapter News State Issues Help Pennsylvania BHA Fight for Sunday Hunting 9/16/2021 Pennsylvania Backcountry Hunters and Anglers believes that restrictions on Sunday hunting are an impediment to reasonable hunting access, and we support the effort made by Senator Dan Laughlin... Tags: Pennsylvania Chapter