August 24, 2022 Haleigh King, Associate PlannerDeschutes County Community Development 117 NW Lafayette AvenueBend, Oregon 97703 Re: Deschutes County File Nos. 247-21-001043-PA and 247-21-001044-ZC DLCD County Amendment ID No. 28242/Deschutes County Amendment 001-22 Dear Ms. King, My name is Ian Isaacson and I am the Board Co-Chair for the Oregon Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (OR BHA). Our organization seeks to ensure Oregon’s outdoor heritage of hunting and angling in a ...

  The Washington Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been recognized by Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Region 2 as the 2022 Organization of the Year. The award was the result of years of collaboration in central Washington with the department and volunteers from BHA to improve wildlife habitat in the region. Washington chapter volunteers have annually gathered in the summer and spring to remove old fencing in critical mule deer habitat around the Methow Valley. Most ...

We owe tremendous thanks to Opportunity Outdoors, Modern Carnivore, National Wild Turkey Foundation, and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and Agate Lake Resort. Additional resources were donated by the Bill Cook Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, North Carolina BHA, and Minnesota BHA. Hunting for Sustainability first started through BHA's Collegiate Program in 2016. While it was spurred as a way to create new, conservation-minded ...

Camp Grayling Expansion A recent proposal by the Michigan National Guard to more than double the amount of public lands leased from the state of Michigan is fast becoming a hot topic for conservationists in Michigan. At its current footprint of 230 square miles, the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center is the largest National Guard training facility in the country. The installation is proposing to add 162,000 acres (253 square miles) of public lands to its lease, more than doubling ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org               Sonya Smith, MWF, 406-417-9909, sonya@mtwf.org  District court judge grants coalition’s motion to intervene by demonstrating a ‘direct, substantial, legally protectable interest’ in suit brought by United Property Owners of Montana MISSOULA, Mont. – A District Court judge has ruled that a coalition of Montana hunting and conservation groups can intervene in a lawsuit ...