News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 9, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to President-elect Joe Biden’s planned nomination of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary, a role he held for eight years during the Obama administration, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement: “American hunters and anglers are keenly aware of the Department of Agriculture’s crucial ...

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News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The entities sent a letter to leaders in Congress and the administration urging them to conserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska MISSOULA, Mont. – As a controversial plan to open sensitive fish and wildlife habitat within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge advances, a cadre of outdoor-focused businesses and groups is uniting in support of the ...

In late November, the Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters joined a coalition of hunting and angling groups to speak as one against proposed budget cuts that would have permanently altered funding for public land, clean water and a host of programs that benefit outdoor initiatives.  Led by our friends at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, we were joined in opposition to the measures by the American Woodcock Society, Chesapeake Council of Fly Fishers International, ...