FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2025    Contacts:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org  Lukas Leaf, Executive Director, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org    Hunters and Anglers Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Boundary Waters A historic push to ensure future generations can hunt, fish, and paddle in the iconic watershed could be in dire jeopardy if public ...

Oregon BHA Donation Supports Trail Work in NE Oregon In the northeast corner of Oregon lies some of the largest and most rugged expanses of backcountry in the state.  Home of the deepest canyon in North America “Hells Canyon” as well as the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area. This area contains over 1400 miles of trails that are mostly contained in the wilderness and require regular maintenance for both foot and equestrian passage. The maintenance and management of these trails is no small task. The ...

I recently walked into the local BLM field office and asked what BHA could do to help them with habitat improvement projects and they were ecstatic. We immediately got this project on the books.  We had 11 BHA volunteers show up at 9am, Saturday March 29th, and after a safety briefing from the BLM field officer we hiked up nearly 2 miles to the northern end of the area. There we found a number of rolls of woven wire fence, T posts, and other fencing materials, along with about 1/3 mile ...

During early April members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) and other conservation groups converged in Washington, D.C. to advocate for keeping public lands in public hands. I had the privilege of visiting the offices of both Colorado U.S. Senators and four U.S. Representatives to talk about the importance of public lands—places like Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument—to veterans, hunters, anglers, and all Americans.[1] Congress passed and President Theodore Roosevelt ...