Your Michigan Board just finished our annual planning retreat and we want to share a few things with all of you about this past year and the upcoming plans that we have scheduled for 2020. First, as many of you already know, Michigan was honored as Chapter of the Year this past spring at the National Rendezvous in Boise, Idaho. Congratulations to each and every one of you for the role you played.  None of that recognition could come without members that are always willing to step up, ...

After Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham dismissed the best game commission chair we've ever had – Joanna Prukop – NM BHA specifically asked that Prukop's replacement be just as qualified. We were disappointed, however, when the Game Commission met last Friday in Las Cruces and the new commissioner was seated. Sharon Salazar Hickey is a Los Alamos attorney who has no experience in wildlife management and doesn’t hunt or fish, which we believe should be the minimum qualifications to oversee the $40 ...

The Idaho Chapter Board Members, Region Reps and key volunteers met in Donnelly, Idaho for a long weekend of strategic planning for 2020.  Discussion topics included stewardship projects, fundraising events and how to better engage with policy issues on a State level.  Two new board members were elected to the Idaho Chapter board of directors.  Logan Eres was elected as chapter Secretary and Todd Syruws was elected as board member and chair of the Events, Membership and Fundraising ...

The 2019 Public Waters Photo contest brought in hundreds of submissions from all over North America, together representing the full range of opportunities available to hunters and anglers on our public waterways. BHA would like to thank everyone who submitted photos, and we encourage you to look for our next contest in 2020! 1st Place Cole Bergman - Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness   2nd Place Steve Reimer - Picking up Decoys at Sunset in Stoddard, WI 3rd Place  Joseph Magnelli ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) started off 2020 with a bang, if not shotgun blast volley, by setting up camp at the International Sportsmen’s Expo (ISE) in Denver during January and spreading the word about BHA’s wildlands and wildlife conservation efforts (and other work) across Colorado, the country and continent. The chapter had a booth at the ISE from Thursday, January 9, through Sunday, January 12, which was spearheaded by our Colorado Parks & Wildlife ...