Earlier this year the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers New York and New England Chapters submitted comments on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Public Information Document for Amendment 7 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. Many of our members echoed those comments through BHA’s Action Alert, and we thank you for your advocacy. It was a successful effort!  Our comments mark the first time that BHA stepped in to the arena of Atlantic Striped ...

The California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the voice for our wild public lands, waters, and wildlife in the Golden State, is closely monitoring the Forest Service District 5 decision to close all 18 National Forests in California due to the numerous, devastating fires tearing through the state. We have been in contact with USFS representatives at the highest levels regarding this issue since last year when we began closely monitoring public land closures relating to fire danger ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 2, 2021Contact:      Joy Bannon, Wyoming Wildlife Federation, joybannon@wyomingwildlife.org, 307-287-0129 (cell)     Nick Dobric, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, ndobric@trcp.org, 307-220-0436 (cell)     Erik Kramer, BHA, ekramer32@gmail.com, 307-690-1470 (cell) Leading sportsmen and conservation organizations released a new report today titled “Conservation Assessment of Big Game Migration on Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest.” The groups ...

The Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) Northern Colorado Group hosted an Elk Calling Seminar and Contest at the Fort Collins Archery Range on Thursday, August 19. Tom Diesing, owner of Mile High Note Game Calls, joined us along with his son (and friend, CJ) and gave a highly informative and engaging seminar on elk calling. Tom and his son are both world class champion elk callers with years of experience in both hunting and calling contests. The twenty people in attendance were ...

August 31, 2021 Courtney FrostBLM-Butte Field Office106 North ParkmontButte, MT 59701 RE: DOI-BLM-MT-B070-2019-0005-CX Dear Ms. Frost, This letter is in response to the request for public comment in regards to NEPA # DOI-BLM-MT-B070-2019-0005-CX. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MT BHA) represents roughly 3,000 dues-paying public land hunters, anglers and recreationists. Our members have a vested interest, as owners of our public lands, in seeing our Bureau of Land ...