Hal is in Phoenix, lost in heat and traffic, looking for Brad Powell and DJ Zor. He finds them: DJ is vice chair of the Arizona chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a public lands hunter extraordinaire and Navy nuclear sub veteran, and Brad Powell of Trout Unlimited is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service – former supervisor of the Tongass National Forest, the entire Northwest Region, the Davy Crockett National Forest in Kentucky, and so on … a pragmatic but firebrand ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 10, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today responded to a statement made by Sen. Steve Daines confirming his support of William Perry Pendley, an outspoken proponent of selling public lands and waters, as director of the Bureau of Land Management. Last week, Daines sent a letter to President Trump urging him to “nominate qualified individuals” to key positions within the ...

It’s time for the #BHAvsCWD Challenge. Since CWD was first detected in Tennessee in 2018, the disease has spread to at least four counties. To help combat CWD, @bhatennessee is hosting a giveaway to encourage hunters to harvest deer in the CWD Unit and have those animals tested to determine the spread and prevalence of this disease in our state. Your hard work will provide biologists and resource managers with the critical data they need to fight the spread of CWD and protect deer ...

  In response to a slew of questions from members about chronic wasting disease in the Keystone State and the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) CWD Draft Management Plan, the PA Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers held a Facebook Live Q & A November 7. Chapter Secretary Don Rank and Courtney Colley, Game Commission CWD Communications Specialist, fielded questions for about a half hour live from the PGC’s Harrisburg headquarters. Kicking off at noon, the event was timed to give ...

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal.   By Justin Nelson Earlier this year, Arizona BHA heavily engaged in a fight against two bills that had the potential to significantly change the way public lands are perceived and managed in the state of Arizona. HB 2547 and HB 2557 were the latest efforts in a drawn out and consistent focus to undermine the status of public lands in Arizona. Both of these bills were a continuation of similar legislative public ...