DENVER, CO. — The corner crossing legal fight continued Tuesday, May 14 as oral arguments for the legal case were held at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.   The corner crossing case involves four Missouri hunters who used a ladder to "corner cross" from one public land parcel to another without setting foot on private land, navigating the checkerboard layout common in the West. This week’s legal proceedings continued to focus on key issues centered on public land access rights ...

Thanks to BHA member Steve Witte and his research and draft letter, the Colorado Chapter of BHA was able to lead the effort to encourage the State Land Board to provide CPW an exclusive initial opportunity to lease the 17,232 acres of indemnity lands under the Hunting and Fishing Access Program before offering these for private recreational leases or other uses that would preclude hunting and fishing. Together with the other members of the Colorado Wildlife Conservation Project (CWCP) that ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) mission is to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife. Although our organization is formed around hunting and fishing, our members are also avid hikers, backpackers, trail runners, mountain bikers, off-roaders, and so-on. Most importantly we seek to conserve our natural resources so that all pursuits can be enjoyed responsibly for ...

Last month, the Rock Springs Bureau of Land Management field office released the long-awaited draft RMP. This draft lays out 4 alternative plans on how the Rock Springs field office will manage 3.6 million acres of public land for the next 10 years.  BHA staff and the Wyoming Chapter Leadership are working with partners to review the 1,000-page draft to assure the habitat that is so vital to our members and the wildlife of Wyoming is being managed in an effective manner to conserve this ...