May

2025

Another One for the Books – The Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2nd Annual 3D Archery Challenge

For the second year in a row, members and supporters of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers gathered at Big Truck Farm Brewery for the 2nd Annual 3D Archery Challenge — and it was nothing short of a bullseye. Roughly 80 attendees came out to shoot 3D, share stories, and have a beer in support of Mid-Atlantic BHA. The course was a perfect mix of fun and challenge, featuring a few trick shots on the practice range and a steel plate thrown in to keep things interesting. ...

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May

2025

Turkey Quills & Teenagers

Author: Melissa Hendrickson

I received a well written email from the head of student council at a local high school asking for BHA to come table an event during their Earth Week. He was put up to this task by his environmental science teacher, who just so happens to be a BHA member as well. I coordinated with the student and picked a date for me to come in at lunch. Prior to Earth Week, I also dropped off BHA donated supplies to help with their Earth Day trash clean-up. With donated supplies from BHA, the students ...

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14

May

2025

The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection

Author: Alec Boyd-Devine

The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection by Alec Boyd-DevineThe Mendenhall Wetlands is a 4,000-acre wetland in the heart of Juneau, Alaska. It is home to a variety of flora and fauna and a temporary home to many birds as they migrate north and south through Southeast Alaska. The wetlands provide ample opportunity to hunters and fishermen who reside in the Juneau area, as well as many individuals who travel from around Alaska and the Lower 48 to fish and hunt in this ...

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14

May

2025

Nebraska Chapter May 2025 Update

Author: Nebraska BHA Chapter

Welcome to Nebraska Backcountry Hunters & Anglers May update! Latest: The Nebraska Chapter of BHA held their annual Trashy Cat event May 2-4th at Two Rivers State Rec Area near Yutan, NE. Several Board members and several guests joined us for a weekend of camping, fishing, and trash cleanup. We were able to fill numerous trash bags with fishing line, bottles, cans, fishhooks, styrofoam, and plastic from the river banks and shorelines of this beautiful park. When we weren't picking up ...

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14

May

2025

You Can Help Stop the Sale!

Author: Zachary Williams

(05/12/25) Congressional Representatives are trying to sell more than 500,000 acres of our public lands! As a member of the BHA community, you’re on the front lines. Here’s what you need to know – and how you can help Public Land Owners fight back! What’s Happening On May 6, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced a last-minute amendment to the budget reconciliation bill authorizing the sale of public lands in Utah and Nevada. What started as reports of 11,000 acres has ...

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13

May

2025

Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap

Author: Nathaniel Kibbey

Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap by Nate Kibbey, Interior Representative AK ChapterMid-May is a great time to see all of the beautiful migrators pushing north. Birding is a weekly pastime for my wife and I, but today I opened the outing to other BHA members. We started off with some coffee provided by a Wild Rivers Coffee Co , an Alaska Chapter Sponsor. The coffee, conversation, and birds all made for a lovely outing. A few brand-new birders, and some really ...

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13

May

2025

Minnesotans Rally to Protect Public Lands and the Boundary Waters

Author: Minnesota BHA Chapter

Minnesotans from across the political spectrum gathered on May 8th at the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda to voice their support for our public lands, waters and the iconic Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The event was organized by the Minnesota BHA Chapter, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, and Save the Boundary Waters, and supported by several other conservation partners. Nearly 300 public land owners made the trip to St. Paul and shared stories of camping, paddling, hunting, and fishing ...

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12

May

2025

Public Land Stewards on the Taos Plateau

Author: Bard Edrington

The Taos plateau is a high elevation basalt filled valley in north New Mexico. It is bordered by the Tusas mountains to the west and the Sangre de Cristo in the east. It sits at 7,000' elevation and experiences frigid winters and scalding summers. In 2013 the area was designated the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. It encompasses 242,555 acres of sagebrush, grassland, piñon juniper forest and the Rio Grande gorge. In the winter, large herds of elk migrate out of the Tusas ...

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12

May

2025

BHA Sounds Alarm, Mobilizes Grassroots Network to Fight Congressional Push to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands

Author: Nadia Marji

For Immediate Release: May 12, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org Amendment bypasses public input and conservation safeguards, triggering national call to action – public lands must NOT be part of the budget reconciliation process MISSOULA, Mont. –Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is sounding the alarm and mobilizing its nationwide grassroots network in response to a last-minute amendment to the House budget reconciliation ...

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9

May

2025

Stand Up for the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge

Author: Anonym

Hunting and Fishing Opportunities Threatened on the Mendenhall Wetlands The Mendenhall State Game Refuge (Taashuyee-Chookan.áani/Mendenhall Wetlands) in Juneau, Alaska, is a rare treasure—designated by the legislature in 1976 to safeguard crucial habitat and provide access for sport and subsistence hunting. These wetlands are not only a haven for hunters and anglers—they’re a globally important bird area and vital spawning grounds for anadromous fish. Now, this irreplaceable refuge is under ...

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Another One for the Books – The Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2nd Annual 3D Archery Challenge

Turkey Quills & Teenagers

The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection

Nebraska Chapter May 2025 Update

You Can Help Stop the Sale!

Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap

Minnesotans Rally to Protect Public Lands and the Boundary Waters

Public Land Stewards on the Taos Plateau

BHA Sounds Alarm, Mobilizes Grassroots Network to Fight Congressional Push to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands

Stand Up for the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge

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