Wild Utah Project @wildutahproject recently held their End-of-Summer Volunteer Celebration and three Utah BHA members were presented Volunteer of the Year Awards. Melissa Early (Utah BHA board member) was awarded Stream and Riparian Restoration Volunteer of the Year, and Ian and Spencer Schofield were awarded Overall Volunteer of the Year. Wild Utah Project is an organization that supports implementing science and data-driven strategies to facilitate conservation goals. Through the community ...

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists    Every book's reading starts with a set of expectations and hopes. I picked up a copy of The Lochsa Story because it took place nearly in my backyard, a place I spend more time than any other; my hope was to learn a little more about my favorite wild country – the one I hope to one day have my ashes scattered in. It seemed almost required that I read it. But what I ended up gaining from the book ...

Ohio BHA's Policy & Advocacy Committee hopes you follow our journey as we learn about the impacts of lead in hunting and angling, confront our own misconceptions about the subject, and consider voluntary and incremental adoptions of non-lead alternatives as we seek to become better stewards of our public lands and waters and encourage additional research and continued education and communication. Conservation-minded hunters recognize they are stewards and are increasingly aware that ...

By Aaron Hepler Pennsylvania is a state known for deep hunting traditions, a high hunter population, and, unfortunately, no Sunday hunting. After years of following this seemingly set-in-stone rule, Pennsylvania recently scored an awesome win - three Sundays per year to legally hunt. Similar to this fight is another fight - for growth in the ranks of hunters and fishermen in Pennsylvania. I grew up in a family that hunted and fished their hearts out. We didn’t own video games or cell phones ...

  As part of its effort to recruit new folks to hunting and make lifelong hunters out of them, Pennsylvania BHA has created the Take Two campaign.  PA BHA recognizes that simply recruiting new hunters and offering them a one-time or short-term introduction to hunting may not be enough to help beginners get over the hump to becoming a dedicated, lifelong hunter. What really helps someone become a hunter is having a reliable mentor who can assist in various ways over a season or several ...