The Nevada Chapter of BHA recently commented on the Washoe County Lands Bill Proposal. This proposal is a significant improvement over previous proposals with far less land transfers and some great utilization of Special Management Areas (SMA), National Conservation Areas (NCA) and Wilderness Areas. Clarification on some points will be worked out as it proceeds and with clarification, we are optimistic that we will be able to support much of the bill. One of our major concerns is the Mustang ...

The Nevada Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been actively engaged in Carson City this year on several pieces of key legislation.  In addition to advocating for needed investments in wildlife crossing infrastructure in the state via AB 112, the chapter recently weighed-in on several bills which could impact our hunting and angling heritage in the state.  Horse Management – The chapter is opposing a bill (SB 90) *read the letter here*, which would elevate the status of the feral ...

March 6, 2023 Dear Chairman Watts, Vice Chair Brown-May, Growth & Infrastructure Committee members, To ensure Nevada continues its leadership in protecting and maintaining wildlife migration corridors, the Nevada Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) respectfully requests that the committee pass AB 112 to create the Wildlife Crossing account and fully fund the recommended $15 million dollars for research and infrastructure.  Each year NDOT reports more than 500 wildlife-vehicle ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, spanning ancestral lands of 12 Indigenous tribes, would conserve important desert bighorn habitat; public meeting draws diverse crowd of supporters LAUGHLIN, Nev. – Vital wildlife habitat and important cultural lands in southern Nevada would be permanently conserved if the Biden administration establishes a national monument in the region, Backcountry ...

Photo by Erich Dutchover The vast, open sagebrush country of Nevada is often overlooked by travelers passing through. Even long-time residents take this drab, grey-green desert shrub for granted. The once ubiquitous sagebrush is vanishing in plain site, yet it rarely gets the attention of other imperiled landscapes. About half of the 500,000 square miles of sagebrush that once covered large expanses of North America still remains. Nevada loses an average of 200,000 acres of sagebrush every ...