Ten volunteers from the newly founded BHA club at California State University Fullerton participated in an event highlighting public land target shooting use. During this event, volunteers learned how to responsibly and safely utilize public land for target shooting in anticipation of the upcoming bird seasons. In the spirit of leaving the land better than it was found, garbage bags full of spent shells, wads, casings, leftover targets, car parts, glass, and other trash were also removed. ...

Alex Krebs BHA Member of the Month: June 2023 (Colorado BHA Southwest Group Assistant Regional Director) During the spring of 2022 Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Southwest Group Assistant Regional Director Alex Krebs got wind of a proposed mountain bike trail system in the Jackson Mountain area north of Pagosa Springs. Alex is an elk hunter and knows the Jackson Mountain area includes critical habitat and migration corridor for elk and deer. And with increasing development and ...

Starting July 1, people using Montana fishing access sites and wildlife management areas who don’t already have a conservation license with their fishing or hunting license are supposed to buy one under a new law passed this legislative session. The change made by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte means that people who are using a Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks fishing access site only to float the river, hike, birdwatch, or picnic, for instance, will have to purchase a ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) State Policy and Stewardship Director Tim Brass was hired as BHA’s third full-time employee during 2012 and has been in the front lines of countless hunter-angler-conservation battles both here in Colorado and nationwide ever since. He was initially hired as Southern Rockies Coordinator and is BHA’s longest tenured staff member. Tim will be starting as the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Assistant Director of Parks, Wildlife and Lands on ...

Summer has arrived! When we haven't been attending bow shoots, boots-on-the-ground stewardship projects, or chasing the salmon fly hatch, here’s what we’ve been up to since our last quarterly blog from Montana BHA: Corner Crossing Last month, “corner crossing” became the hottest topic in the hunting community when a federal judge in Wyoming ruled that, at least for the case in front of him, it did not constitute as unlawful trespass.  But what impact does this decision have on the legality ...