SEND US YOUR REPORT HERE Verified reports will be rewarded a free 1 year membership to BHA and a $50 gift card to the BHA store! This summer could be one of the worst fire seasons on record.  With an already record-breaking number of fires to burn this early in fire season, and hotter and drier weather expected to continue, a state of emergency has been declared through September 30 prohibiting most outdoor burning. As backcountry hunters and anglers, we spend a lot of time outside on ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed two Assistant Regional Directors (Zack Scott and Jon Lang) for the Northern Colorado region. Zack was born and raised in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He started fishing (age 6) and hunting (at 12) with his dad and currently hunts with both rifle and bow. He went to college at Pennsylvania State University, completing a Bachelor’s in Forest Management. Zack currently works as a Real Estate Broker and lives in Fort ...

In April of 2020, two Little Compton brothers applied for a lease to establish a commercial oyster growing operation in the tidal waters adjacent to Sapowet Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Tiverton, Rhode Island. The state agency that manages aquaculture, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, proceeded to review and work towards approval of the application with little scrutiny from the public. In June, approval of the lease appeared imminent, but was delayed because the ...

Story and Photos by Aaron Hepler We’re currently in “the dog days” of summer. I never quite understood what that meant as a kid. Yeah, it was hot, humid, and buggy, but we got to go to the pool and there was no school. What’s so bad about all that? When I was twelve, my dad took me on the first of many September hunts. I went through countless boxes of #7 ½ shotgun shells unloading my 20-gauge shotgun on speedy doves. Finally, my first coveted archery hunt arrived. The morning was fun, but ...