Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recognized chapter Vice-Chair/Legislative Liaison Ivan James for “Decades of Selfless Leadership and Untold Contributions of Time and Effort To Wildlands and Wildlife Preservation Efforts.” After retirement Ivan spent 13 years on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Bowhunters Association, the last 11 as Vice-Chairman for Legislation. Each of these years he worked on from seven to eleven bills. Ivan was also an early BHA member and attended the first ...

I originally joined BHA, because I wanted to be outside, doing cool things with like-minded folk. I quickly found BHA was the perfect Reese’s peanut butter cup of getting guidance to advance my hunting abilities and having a sense of purpose by giving back to everyone that uses our public lands. This first weekend of April was no exception at Mills Canyon on the Kiowa National Grasslands. April first and second nearly 25 BHA board leaders and members along with several staff from the US ...

Two proposals with competing visions for the tens of millions in taxes that Montana collects annually on the sale of recreational marijuana are still making their way through the Legislature as lawmakers work to set a two-year state budget. One measure, House Bill 669, would funnel most of the state’s adult-use marijuana tax collections — which are forecast to top $50 million per year — to the General Fund, allowing lawmakers to distribute that money as they see fit on a session-by-session ...

BHA is once again rallying support behind the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act recently reintroduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24). This legislation would add nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness areas and designate 159 miles of wild and scenic rivers in California's Central Coast. Securing permanent wilderness protections for these portions of Los Padres National Forest and the Carrizo Plain National Monument will ensure conservation of important habitat and hunting and ...

Importance of Engagement- What can you do? Whether you’ve been in Washington your whole life or just moved here recently now is the time. If you’ve always been immersed in the out of doors or have only recently discovered your connection with it, this is your time as well. More than even, now it is time to engage in the decision-making process for all the future opportunities this state holds. The WDFW commission meetings are your opportunity to voice your thoughts on what matters to you, ...