Do you know an individual who deserves to be recognized for their outstanding contributions to conservation or our organization? This is your chance to help us honor their work with one of our 2025 Awards! Award recipients are announced at the North American Rendezvous, set for June 13-15, 2025 in Missoula, Montana.  Take this opportunity to nominate individuals or chapters for the following awards: The Jim Posewitz Award for advancing ethical, responsible behavior in the hunting and ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  February 21, 2025    CONTACT:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org     Senate Amendment to Reinstate Staff at DOI, Forest Service Fails  A critical opportunity to support America’s public lands and reinstate thousands of federal employees vital to natural resource management went unrealized last night.    Washington, D.C. – An amendment aimed at reinstating thousands of fired federal employees at the ...

We are taking a moment before the snow melts revealing sheds, ice melts on our fishing spots and the turkeys start strutting to catch everyone up with some policy activity here in Maine.  Legislature The First Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature convened in December. Currently the Maine SLT is tracking nearly four dozen bill titles, but less than half of those bills have been published at this time. Bills that we have submitted testimony on so far have been: LD 95 - An Act to Amend and ...

As the dust settles on 2024, we can look back and assess the work that BHA has done. BHA advocated and supported actions taken by the Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service that conserved a combined 41.5 million acres and promoted a science-based approach to land management. One of the most impactful to Nevada was the Ruby Mountains Oil and Gas Leasing Withdrawal, which you can find more about below. On the state level, 2024 was quiet like most even numbered years, but now it’s ...

Update from Chapter Chair With the hunting seasons mostly wrapped up, I am getting stir crazy dreaming about chasing gobblers in the spring turkey woods, and the NY Chapter is busy working on plans for the upcoming year. We have started putting together our policy positions supporting public land and water access and science-based wildlife management all while tracking the flurry of new legislative bills that can impact hunters and anglers. We are in the early stages of organizing a big ...