Take Action  TAKE ACTION NOW Protecting Shoreline Access is a top priority for the Rhode Island BHA team in 2023. Alongside a growing coalition of shoreline access advocates and organizations, BHA’s team remains focused on enacting a law that protects and restores access to Rhode Island’s shore by implementing a clear, identifiable boundary.  In the last 12 months we have published articles, spoken on local panels, and even participated in a water access policy seminar at BHA’s 2023 North ...

The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is tracking a lot of bills in Harrisburg this session, but one that has our particular attention is Senate Bill 344, authored by Senator Chris Gebhard of District 48 serving Lebanon County and parts of Berks and Lancaster. If passed into law, SB344 will make Pennsylvania one of about 30 states to allow non-resident college and university students to purchase hunting licenses at resident prices. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat ...

News for Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA roundly condemns suite of House bills that would undermine America’s most successful conservation and access program WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is strongly criticizing four bills in the House of Representatives that take aim at the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Great American Outdoors Act, the bipartisan law that ensures continued LWCF funding. Together ...

April 26, 2023   Lolo National Forest Supervisor’s Office Attn: Amanda Milburn - Lolo Plan Revision 24 Fort Missoula Rd Missoula, MT 59804 SM.FS.LFNRevision@usda.gov   Dear Ms. Milburn;   Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the Draft WSR and Wilderness inventories for the Lolo National Forest Plan.   The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MT BHA) represents roughly 3,000 dues-paying members and thousands of supporters in Montana. MT BHA works to keep public lands and ...