News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 8, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Close to 1 million acres of public lands in Arizona permanently conserved via Antiquities Act TUSAYAN, Ariz. – This morning, a broad coalition of Tribes, Arizonans, hunters and anglers, and other stakeholders applauded the Biden administration for taking action to permanently conserve nearly 1 million acres of fish- and wildlife-rich public lands and waters in Arizona via the federal ...

News for Immediate Release  July 27, 2023  Contact: Drew YoungeDyke, TU, 734-280-8909, drew.youngedyke@tu.org   Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  Noah Davis, TRCP, 406-926-3201, ndavis@trcp.org    Report evaluates existing national monuments and offers principles for future proposals  In a new report, National Monuments: A Hunting and Fishing Perspective, 25 groups and businesses –championed by Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and the Theodore ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Under Tawney’s leadership, BHA grew from a small, volunteer-based organization to the North American leader in hunter/angler public lands advocacy; BHA board will lead search committee MISSOULA, Mont. – Today, after 10 years of dedicated service building an organization that has become the continent’s leading voice for hunters and anglers and public lands and waters, Backcountry ...

LOS ANGELES – Conservation of critical fish and wildlife habitat in southern California could advance through President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by 109,000 acres, achieving what Congress has not yet been able to do. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and its California chapter are part of a diverse coalition of sportsmen and women, outdoor recreationists, community members and Tribes that support the San Gabriel Mountains Protection ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 5, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Court ruled against plaintiff Roger Hill, reversing progress in the fight for legal public access and recreation in the navigable waters of Colorado   DENVER – Today the Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Hill vs. Warsewa water access case, finding against plaintiff Roger Hill and taking a step backward in the fight for legal public access and recreation in the ...