Your input is crucial to a successful 2025 New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan. Let your voice be heard and help to protect New Hampshire’s wildlife and wild places by taking the Wildlife Action Plan revision survey! LINK HERE or scan the QR code below! Act before November 30th! The Nongame and Endangered Species Program, in collaboration with other divisions within the Department, and other state agencies and organizations, has been working on the 10-year update of the New Hampshire Wildlife ...

On October 15, 2024, BHA’s Rhode Island Team submitted written testimony to NOAA, related to their periodic coastal management program review focused on Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council. This process, which occurs approximately every 5 years, is intended to assess the performance of state coastal regulators, both highlighting their accomplishments and issuing recommendations and/or necessary actions for improvement. In the current fiscal year, nearly 50% of CRMC’s budget ...

September is Public Lands Month and it was a perfect time to come out to Salisbury Beach State Reservation and help clean up the beach. Salisbury Beach is a unique area where the Merrimack River flows into the Atlantic Ocean creating a wonderful salt marsh habitat for all kinds of plants and animals. This is a great spot to take advantage of public access as it allows for fishing access, a boat ramp, beach access, and plenty of waterfowl habitat. We enjoyed a great time stewarding the land ...

New England BHA led two Whitetail Deer Hunting workshops on August 17 at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Outdoor Education Center in Augusta.  The workshops were presented in partnership with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s “Next Steps” hunting program, which is designed for hunters who have passed their Hunter Safety certification and are looking for more in-depth knowledge on a given subject. BHA instructors included Maine state leaders Brian Roach, John ...

Last Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, New England BHA Chapter board members, Aaron Townsley and Pat Saunders taught two sessions at the Masswildlife new hunter workshop held at the Masswildlife headquarters in Westborough, MA. They shared tips, biology, equipment, and met a lot of great people. One goal of the day was to connect new hunters to other new hunters in their perspective areas, to build community as well as knowledge. The chapter gained several new members and generated a great deal ...