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Dec

2017

Colorado State Trails Grant Program Comments Needed

Author: Colorado BHA
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Trails Program (i.e., State Trails Grant Committee) distributes millions in grants to user groups and federal agencies in Colorado for trail development each year, with most grants going to trail development and maintenance instead of enforcement and wildlife (i.e., planning/managing trails to prevent habitat fragmentation, seasonal trail closures for critical habitat, addressing the proliferation of user-crated trails and enforcement of trail use ...
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Dec

2017

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Team-Up with Pike National Forest (USFS) to Protect Habitat & Access

Author: Colorado BHA
In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species. To help deter such public lands abuses, and encourage the reporting of lawbreakers to appropriate authorities, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently teamed-up with the US Forest Service-Pike National Forest (South Platte Field Office) to post ATV/OHV enforcement ...
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Dec

2017

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Social Media Coordinator

Author: Colorado BHA
In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species. To help deter such public lands abuses, and encourage the reporting of lawbreakers to appropriate authorities, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently teamed-up with the US Forest Service-Pike National Forest (South Platte Field Office) to post ATV/OHV enforcement ...
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Nov

2016

Sportsmen Welcome Movement to Conserve Colorado's Thompson Divide

Author: Colorado BHA
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commends the recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to safeguard high quality undeveloped habitat in Colorado's Thompson Divide by cancelling controversial oil and gas leases in the region.Located west of Carbondale, the Thompson Divide provides one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of mid-elevation big game habitat in the state and serves as the headwaters to four high-quality trout fisheries, one of which is a gold medal water. The BLM’s ...
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Sep

2016

Colorado BHA Comments on White River Field Office TMP

Author: Colorado BHA
Re: Comments on Travel and Transportation Management RMP Amendment for WRFO Bureau of Land ManagementWhite River Field Office220 East Market StreetMeeker, CO 81641 Dear Sir/Ma’am: Below you will find comments from the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (COBHA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) group of sportsmen and women who share the common goal of preserving traditional hunting and angling activities and conserving our wild public lands, waters and wildlife. Our mission is to ensure ...
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Jul

2016

Colorado BHA Comments on CO Parks & Wildlife Trails Strategic Plan

Author: Colorado BHA
July 13, 2016 To Whom It May Concern: Please accept this letter as public comment pertaining to the DRAFT 2016-2026 Statewide Trails Strategic Plan on behalf of Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), as well as our extensive membership. We applaud your efforts to gain widespread feedback in advance of development of this plan. But to ensure you are aware, a technical glitch prohibited some of those attempting to call the conference line to participate in early discussions. As such, we ...
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Jun

2016

Maintaining Gunnison County’s Habitat and Longstanding Hunting and Fishing Traditions

Author: Colorado BHA
“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”– Theodore Roosevelt The secret’s been out for quite some time, Gunnison County is a sportsmen’s paradise, boasting some of the best backcountry hunting and fishing in the state of Colorado and arguably, the country.  With numerous storied wilderness areas, miles-upon-miles of incredible and publicly accessible cold water fishing and plenty of wide-open public land to explore, sportsmen have good reason to work ...
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Jun

2016

Rico-West Dolores Travel Management Plan

Author: Colorado BHA
Help us protect the Rico/West Dolores region in the San Juan National Forest (SJNF) from excessive motorized trails while safeguarding these 245,000 acres of the Dolores River watershed for wildlife habitat, watershed health and quiet-use recreation activities including hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, foraging, hunting and more. You can help by understanding the issues and submitting written comments on the draft environmental impact statement for the Rico/West Dolores Roads and ...
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May

2016

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Assistant Central West Slope Regional Director

Author: Colorado BHA
Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Adam Gall as their Assistant Central West Slope Regional Director (ARD). As ARD for the Central West Slope, Adam will work directly with West Slope Regional Director (RD) Craig Grother in coordinating the chapter’s West Slope public lands initiatives and building on its track record of protecting wild public lands, waters and wildlife. Adam was born and raised in a small farm town in southwest Michigan, and moved to northcentral Idaho ...
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Dec

2014

Colorado Sportsmen Applaud Renewed Effort to Protect Browns Canyon

Author: Colorado BHA
SALIDA, CO – After more than 15 years of bi-partisan efforts to protect Browns Canyon, sportsmen are pleased by the prospect that more than 20,000 acres in Browns Canyon could finally be conserved as a National Monument under the Antiquities Act. On December 6th Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet join key officials from the Obama Administration for a public meeting aimed at gauging public support for a National Monument Designation for Browns.  The meeting will take place at ...
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