The MI Chapter has been busy this spring with planning and hosting some great events. On April 30th they hosted Field Trauma and Triage Clinic for Bird Dogs at Jay’s Sporting Goods. Over 30 participants showed for this event where they learned proper care and handling for their field companions. This was followed by a great social experience at the Mountain Town Station Restaurant and Brewpub.   The MI folks also hosted their annual U.P. Turkey Camp at Island View Resort. Island View Resort ...

The California Chapter of BHA is firing on all cylinders this Spring and is thrilled to have defeated the HSUS petition to ban bear hunting in CA in addition to receiving over $165,000 in funding from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation for their Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area Post-Fire Rehabilitation and Connectivity Project (more details below).   Furthermore, since January, they have already hosted six pint nights, a fly fishing campout and packout on Piru creek, a post-fire ...

Have you been greeted by the predawn whistle of a bobwhite? It’s natures version of Bach and Beethoven. A sound so sweet, the greatest composers on earth would have trouble replicating. If you’re lucky, you can still hear their distinct whistle in certain areas of the country.   Just like the native Northern-bobwhite, native grasslands are a habitat of special need and concern. The loss of these biodiverse habitats signals the loss of not only birds, but also several mammals and pollinators. ...

  The California Chapter of BHA is thrilled to receive over $165,000 in funding from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation for our Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area Post-Fire Rehabilitation and Connectivity Project in collaboration with the Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Washoe Tribe, the Sagebrush in Prisons Project, Wildlands Network, and support from Sitka Gear, Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas. The Nevada & California Chapters of BHA are coordinating an effort to restore the Hallelujah ...

A lawsuit filed in April by a group of Montana property owners accuses wildlife officials of breaking a state law that requires elk populations to be maintained at sustainable levels, squandering “our prized natural resource [and] turning the regal elk into a common nuisance, like locusts or grasshoppers.” The lawsuit asks a judge to void current elk regulations and to give the defendants—the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP)—90 ...