The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) appointed John Young to serve as an Assistant Regional Director for the Central West Slope region. John grew up fishing across New England, mostly flat water and fly fishing bigger rivers. He’s  an Operations Director for the Telluride Ski Resort, has served on the Telluride Ecology Commission, and studied forestry and ag science at the University of Vermont. “Growing up in New England, vast public land and water access was always ...

“Public lands habitat is the Titanic that keeps hunting afloat, but it’s sinking, which is why BHA was formed around a southern Oregon campfire in March 2004.” Freedom and fire were integral to an Army veteran’s idea for a new hunter-angler conservation organization 20 years ago. The human need for freedom and “wild public lands, waters, and wildlife” is the spark that ignited our first (2004) Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) campfire. Over twenty years later that fire still burns bright ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint David Gallegos To San Luis Valley Habitat Watch Volunteer Position The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed David Gallegos to serve as a Habitat Watch Volunteer (HWV) for the San Luis Valley region. David was born and raised in the San Luis Valley between the towns of La Jara and Alamosa. He started hunting and angling at a very young age with his father and grandfather. “I started fishing with my father in ...

As populations and outdoor recreation grows in the west it’s imperative that trail planning and management consider the effects of roads, trails, and recreation activities on big game high priority (and other) habitats. Although the detrimental impacts of motorized/mechanized roads and trails on big game have been extensively studied and well documented since the 1970s, during recent years some elk herds in Colorado, for example, are dying off as a result. Multiple studies have clearly ...

A growing chorus of hunters, anglers, and other public lands advocates are encouraging President Biden to protect and Dolores River Canyons region in southwest Colorado as a national monument. A multitude of groups/stakeholders, including Sportsmen For The Dolores and many others, are rallying outdoorsmen and women to help push this proposal over the finish line.   At times when other pathways to protection are stuck in Congressional gridlock, the Antiquities Act allows the President to ...