UPDATE- AIDEA FILED FOR THEIR 404C PERMIT WITH THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS ON MAY 24TH. ALASKA BHA WILL KEEP OUR MEMBERS APPRISED OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT! Alaska BHA recently asked our membership to voice their opposition to the West Susitna Access Road, a proposed road across the West Susitna Basin extending from Port Mackenzie through Rainy Pass to mining claims in the Alaska Range. Alaska BHA’s concerns about the project are wide-ranging, from impacts to habitat and the ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Derek Pankratz to serve on the Colorado BHA Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) as Communications Co-Chair after a year of serving as a Habitat Watch Volunteer (HWV). Derek was born and raised in northeastern Wisconsin along the shores of Lake Michigan. He started gun deer hunting at age 12 and began archery hunting not long after. “I was fortunate to have many uncles and cousins who hunted when I was growing up and ...

Thank you, Sportsmen and Women of Kentucky! We had another big win this week when Representative Massey withdrew HB 395 as a show of good will in response to our efforts. Additionally, Senator Robin Webb amended her Senate Bill 217, the mirror to HB 605, following our meeting with her Friday 03/04/2022.   Senator Webb has ensured procurements by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) will be made subject to KRS 45A, the Kentucky Model Procurement Code, she has pulled the ...

 

We hunters and anglers are often lost, these days, in a thicket of questions about public land and private land, loss of access, too much access, conservation priorities, conflicting desires and goals. One person who is forging a path through this thicket is Doug Duren, hunter-conservationist, multi-generational Driftless Area landowner in southern Wisconsin, and somewhat unlikely conservation and hunting media star. Join us for a deeply inspiring conversation about something overwhelmingly ...