After carrying a heavy load this legislative session, Montana BHA was able to lighten our packs just a bit as we strode into summer. Here's a quick recap on what we've been up to and what's on deck. First, Some Well-Deserved Recognition, and Some Fun Before BHA's big annual event, the 10th Annual North American Rendezvous, the Montana Chapter was recognized for its outstanding work as BHA Chapter of the Month. At Rendezvous, our Board Chair, John B. Sullivan III, was awarded the Mike ...

  The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) will hold their 12th annual Rendezvous (July 23-25) in southwest Colorado’s San Juan National Forest at the Florida Campground Group campsite north of the Lemon Reservoir, where the first (2009) Colorado BHA Rendezvous was held some five years after BHA was founded.[1] During March 2004, a former U.S. Army officer, Mike Beagle, convened a campfire meeting in the southern Cascade foothills of Eagle Point, Oregon. Seven hunters and ...

Many thanks to hunter, conservationist and BHA member Norm Gruner as well as Andrew Gruner, Mark Hakkila (BHA, RMEF and MDF member), RMEF and MDF, for fixing a critical water source.While hunting in the Gila in 2018, Norm and his fellow bowhunters went to check out a watering hole in the area. When they arrived they had discovered a bear had chewed through the wiring and the well was not functioning. In 2020 he drew the same hunt and found the water hole was still inoperable and bone dry. ...

The Alberta chapter is celebrating recent news regarding two coal mine proposals in Southern Alberta, that, if allowed to proceed, would have adversely impacted this area that is treasured for it's fly fishing and elk hunting opportunities, in addition to contaminating British Columbia and Montana waterways. The Benga Mining Limited Grassy Mountain proposal, which was seeking development permits to re-open a formerly closed open-pit mine, had concluded public consultations in early January ...