On September 28th, New England BHA attended StiperFest and was represented by Aaron Townsley and Jen True from the Massachusetts Team and talked with hundreds of folks about BHA's conservation work with striped bass and maintaining coastal access for the public.  StriperFest is held by On the Water in Falmouth, Cape Cod. It starts out as a catch and release striper contest every year called the Striper Cup. Anglers pay an entrance fee to the Striper Cup and throughout the season there is a ...

Nothing defines hunting the big woods like wool pants and coats in the classic buffalo check pattern.  Johnson Woolen Mills has been at it in Vermont for nearly two centuries.  They hosted us for the Vermont Northwoods Story Slam at their store Saturday, August 31st and it was a great time! They graciously donated over $1000 worth of goods for raffle and give-aways.  The main prizes were a "Hunting package" with pants, shirt, crusher hat, orange vest, gloves, socks, light weight jacket and ...

Non-Lead Ammunition Speaks for Itself at Maine Workshop By Rob Bryan 8/11/2024   On August 10, Rob Bryan represented the New England Chapter at a workshop presented by the Non-Lead Partnership and hosted by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.  The workshop leaders, who have hunted everything from small game to Alaskan brown bears, presented solid scientific evidence comparing lead-based and non-lead ammunition in terms of impact on wildlife and the terminal performance of both ...

Each year fish & wildlife agencies around the country assemble teams of biologists, technicians, and volunteers to take on the important conservation work of banding waterfowl. Unlike winter waterfowl banding, where efforts focus primarily on migratory ducks on their winter range, summer banding is focused on Canada geese in the areas where they raise young and go through the annual cycle of molting. In 2024, New England BHA’s RI team assisted wildlife biologists from the RI Department of ...

Some time between late 2022 and early 2023 the Quidnessett Country Club (QCC), located near the northern end of North Kingstown RI, built a sea wall near one of the holes of their golf course. Had they applied for a permit to construct a 600 foot long, 20 foot tall rock revetment from RI’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), which is tasked to “preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, restore the coastal resources of the state”, there is little doubt that they would have been ...