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 ...

It Is Time to Designate Southern California Steelhead as Endangered The story of southern steelhead is a story of concrete and progress, of the forces of human will over the balance of nature.  With fedora hat and three-piece suit, the man stands – a symbol of progress and success, an icon of the American dream – in front of a 1938 Chevy holding a silvery steelhead by its gills, the last known of its kind in the LA River, a sad reminder of the past and haunting memory of our future.  With a ...

Gianetti’s Spring Creek Ranch in Carbondale hosted a Colorado BHA fly fishing event this month. This was part of BHA’s Women in the Woods campaign, a program aimed at engaging existing and prospective sportswomen. Presenters included entomologist Christina Medved, the director of Community Outreach for the Roaring Fork Conservancy; Kendall Bakich, CPW’s Aquatic Biologist for the Roaring Fork, Eagle, and Middle Colorado watersheds; Lani Kitching owner and guide from the local Proudline Guided ...

Engaging students in advocacy to protect public lands, waters, and wildlife is at the heart of BHA’s Collegiate Program. Since the program’s inception in 2016, this is how we’ve been educating our college members about important conservation legislation and teaching them how to use their voices to speak up for our wild places. The Great American Outdoors Act BHA members were instrumental in helping pass the Great American Outdoors Act in August 2020 and our student leaders were no ...