Montana BHA members are encouraged to weigh in on this proposal. Find more information and send in your own comments here.    May 24, 2023   Leah Breidinger Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 490 N. Meridian Kalispell, MT 59901 lbreidinger@mt.gov   Re: Proposed Thompson River Conservation Easement   Dear Ms. Breidinger:   Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a grassroots conservation organization with roughly 3,000 dues-paying members in Montana. Our Montana Chapter is thrilled to see Green ...

You know what’s harder than getting volunteers out on a rainy day? Getting volunteers out on the first warm, sunny day of spring. But even with what felt like the first warm day since October, we had nearly 30 volunteers join Montana BHA on April 29, 2023 as we cleaned up the unauthorized shooting area near Logan again this year. This is the second consecutive year that we’ve been out there, and upon initial inspection, the area didn’t look nearly as rough as last year. We found out that ...

BHA and partner organizations recognize U.S. Marine Corps Squadron HMLAT 303 and Major Johnny "CONGO" Zimmer for their critical role in support of desert bighorn sheep during the extreme drought of 2021.  Along with the California Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, the Department of Fish & Wildlife and California State Parks Association, BHA recently presented two plaques and a ram skull to the unit to commemorate their outstanding service and commitment to wildlife in Southern ...

  OH BHA Chapter Leader Tony Ruffing heads to D.C.   While we're looking forward to our big summer party, Muster in the Marsh, we're also keeping a close eye on developments in Columbus. Our legislature has been busy with mixed results, and we've been keeping a close eye in particular on the budgeting process as embodied in state house bill 33. It's been an interesting, frustrating process to watch, and Ohio BHA members have provided important feedback both through BHA action alerts, and via ...

In December 2022, the ink dried on the 829 acres Willow Creek Acquisition to Mt. Haggin WMA near Anaconda. However, this land needed a little work to get it ready for wildlife and recreation. On Friday, May 12th, 2023, Montana BHA teamed up FWP and other groups such as Anaconda Sportsman’s Club to help with a work day. Over 40 volunteers worked on foot and on ATV to remove over 2 miles of unnecessary 4-5 strand barbed wire fencing & improve 0.3 miles of boundary fence to improve wildlife ...