As part of our Armed Forces Initiative we'll be featuring exclusive recipes inspired by military service throughout the year. These recipes have been developed by Justin Townsend, a BHA Field To Table contributor, editor-in-cheif of Harvesting Nature and a Deck Watch Officer in the United States Coast Guard. Our Armed Forces Initiative strives to ensure that active duty and veteran military personnel continue selfless service and enjoy the camaraderie of likeminded individuals committed to ...

Thanks to Mark Norquist and Greg Kvale for representing the Minnesota BHA Chapter at the Dedication for the new Cupido Wildlife Management Area near Syre, MN. The Minnesota Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has always been a strong supporter of putting public lands in public hands. In one of our biggest wins yet, we helped create the new, 955-acre Cupido Wildlife Management Area near Syre, Minnesota. This land is a rare piece of native Minnesota prairie land and is named for the ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 10, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauds the Senate for passing a major, bipartisan infrastructure package that will address a number of important public lands and conservation issues across the United States, including abandoned mine cleanup, Forest Service roads and trails and wildlife crossing safety. “This infrastructure package is a huge deal for public lands, ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Graham Geary to serve as an Assistant Regional Director for the Northern Colorado region. Graham was born in Greeley, Colorado, and raised on a small ranch east of there on the edge of the Great Plains, a location from which you can see the snowy peaks to the west and to the east the vast grasslands of the nation’s interior spread as far as the eye can see. “We raised a few cows and rode some good horses and lived ...

“… as early as 1871, nearly a century before Earth Day, hunters and anglers were speaking out for nature and the environment … The natural world sustains us with clean air, unpolluted water, recreation, and natural resources. If we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves.” –Jim Posewitz, Beyond Fair Chase[1]   Renowned trad bow elk hunter David Petersen (a former U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot) founded the Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers chapter—the first BHA state chapter—in 2005, ...