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Montana BHA Applauds Sen. Tester's Efforts to Restore Funding for Hunter's Ed

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Last Friday, Montana BHA board member Jake Schwaller had the privilege of joining fellow Montana hunters in thanking Senator Tester for his leadership and efforts in returning funding for hunters education programs in our schools. "If we’re going to preserve not only the Second Amendment but hunting and the ability to have people know what a gun is and how to use a gun safely and not hurt people or themselves with it, this hunter safety stuff is critically important," said Sen. ...

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Conservation coalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan bill to clean up abandoned mines

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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 organizations representing millions of hunters, anglers, public land advocates, and wildlife professionals, have sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act (S. 2781), legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and James ...

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New Mexico & Texas BHA Receive USFS Prairie Partner Award

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The New Mexico & Texas Chapters of Backcountry Hunter & Anglers are honored to receive the USFS’s 2023 Prairie Partner Award! This award is for external partners that have demonstrated resource stewardship, a willingness to provide funding and other resources to Grassland projects and have produced innovative practices and results. Our grassroots volunteers have driven hundreds of miles to reach the grasslands and execute 6 full days of field work since the project was launched in 2021. ...

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TX BHA Policy News - October 2023

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SB 1236 Recently, SB 1236 was passed by the Texas government. This new law removes the opportunity for hunters to use public riverbeds and streams for hunting as it bans using rifles and archery equipment (unless equipped with a reel and line) in public waterways. During the recent legislative session, this decision has been met with opposition from various groups, including the Texas Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. However, despite the opposition, SB 1236 was passed unanimously ...

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 167: Public Lands, Wild Game Cooking, Hunting, Angling and Conservation – Live from the Texas Hill Country

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RI Fishing Access at Risk in RIDOT Bridge Proposal

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This Tuesday, October 24th, RI’s Coastal Resources Management Council will meet to consider Application 2023-04-094, in which RI’s Department of Transportation outlines plans to rebuild the bike path bridges that span the Barrington and Warren (Palmer) Rivers. While their primary purpose has always been to provide connectivity for the East Bay Bike Path, both bridges have historically been used by anglers, especially in the spring months when returning herring bring the first Striped Bass of ...

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A Hunter-Angler (Hell-Raisin’ & Habitat Savin’) Guide to Winning: Colorado BHA Examples (Browns Canyon & Camp Hale)

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From 2007-2015 I was privileged to serve on the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) North American Board alongside some of the most dedicated hunter-angler-conservationists I’ve known, including (among others) BHA founder Mike Beagle (a former U.S. Army field artillery officer), Colorado BHA founder David “Elkheart” Petersen (a former U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot), Joel Webster (Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Vice President of Western Conservation), and Ben Long (author of ...

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Longtime Policy Expert John Gale to Leave Backcountry Hunters & Anglers for Senior Position with the Bureau of Land Management

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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 organization’s vice president of policy and government relations, has been selected for a Senior Executive Service position with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. His last day with BHA will be November 3, 2023. As the nation’s largest steward of public lands and waters, ...

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Commission approves land purchase for new wildlife management area near Forsyth

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The first of what could be several land acquisitions by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks along the Lower Yellowstone River to improve public access was approved on Thursday. The Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously supported the $1.18 million purchase of the 328-acre Wildcat Bend property. The last hurdle is for the acquisition to be approved by the State Land Board, composed of Montana’s top elected officials, when it meets in November. “This is what makes Montana great, places held ...

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Montana hunters thankful for reversal on hunting education in schools

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BILLINGS — With the general rifle season set to kick off Saturday, Friday was cause for celebration for hunters like Evan Trewhella, who say that hunter safety taught in school is basically a rite of passage in the Treasure State. "Hunting has been a part of Montana’s culture ever since this state was founded. Even before, there were hunters all around," said Trewhella on Friday. He's a born and raised Montanan who lives and breathes hunting. He learned the ins and outs in school hunter ...

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Montana BHA Applauds Sen. Tester's Efforts to Restore Funding for Hunter's Ed

Conservation coalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan bill to clean up abandoned mines

New Mexico & Texas BHA Receive USFS Prairie Partner Award

TX BHA Policy News - October 2023

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 167: Public Lands, Wild Game Cooking, Hunting, Angling and Conservation – Live from the Texas Hill Country

RI Fishing Access at Risk in RIDOT Bridge Proposal

A Hunter-Angler (Hell-Raisin’ & Habitat Savin’) Guide to Winning: Colorado BHA Examples (Browns Canyon & Camp Hale)

Longtime Policy Expert John Gale to Leave Backcountry Hunters & Anglers for Senior Position with the Bureau of Land Management

Commission approves land purchase for new wildlife management area near Forsyth

Montana hunters thankful for reversal on hunting education in schools

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