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, ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) appointed Geordie Robinson to serve as our chapter “Culinary Liaison,” a first of its kind position for BHA state chapters and in line with Colorado breaking trail as the first official BHA state chapter, formed during 2005, only a year after the “Gang of Seven” stood around the first BHA campfire during March 2004.[1] Geordie was a featured chef at the 2021 North American Rendezvous Field to Table Dinner and has organized five Colorado BHA Annual ...