On Saturday, January 18th over thirty sportsmen and women gathered at the Seminole Forest Wildlife Management Area for a small game hunt in celebration of public land and public water.  Participants gathered at the check station in the pre-dawn darkness for a breakfast of coffee and fried honey buns prepared by BHA member Tom Brown followed by a prayer by new BHA member Joshua Locke. Several attendees were first time hunters who paired with veteran sportsmen for conversations about basic ...

February 10, 2020     The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & AnglersPO Box 9257 Missoula, MT 59807     Carol Hatfield, District Ranger Belt Creek- White Sulphur Springs Ranger District 204 West Folsom P.O. Box A White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645   Subject: Horsefly Vegetation Project     Dear Ranger Hatfield,     The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (MT BHA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Horsefly Project. Our 3,250 Montana members rely heavily on public ...

 

Photos by TJ Booth (@tbimage) On January 30th, 2020 nearly 300 people gathered to watch the International Fly Fishing Film Festival hosted by the Utah State University Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Collegiate Club. For the second year in a row, USU BHA packed the house at the Utah Theatre to raise funds to protect our public lands and give back to the lands in Cache Valley. Members of the local community as well as people from hours away in Utah and Idaho came together for the love of fly ...

In March of 2019, BHA and public land owners everywhere celebrated the passage of S.47, a legislative package of more than 100 bills called the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act. Today, the Bureau of Land Management is taking a major step forward in its implementation of the Dingell Act by addressing landlocked public lands across the West. We applaud U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for prioritizing this important issue and encouraging ...