On July 24 New Mexico's State Game Commission enacted a 90-day moratorium on the existing stream access regulation that allows sections of streams running through private land to be deemed non-navigable. The existing regulation was developed in order to enforce a 2015 bill that narrowly passed which aims to make public access to certain streams illegal except for with written permission. At the meeting commissioners heard conflicting statements about the legality of the 2015 stream access ...

As expected, the State Game Commission meeting in Santa Fe on Thursday was mostly discussion, although the panel did approve a $42 million operating budget for NMDGF, representing a 3 percent increase over the current year. It also OK’d a new private shooting range for pheasants and chukar near La Joya and approved the final Migratory Bird Rule, which sets hunting dates and limits for the coming year. The Commission officially opened the Trapping and Furbearer Rule and heard NMDGF Wildlife ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is in Utah, and the Department of Wildlife Resources needs our help to ensure that deer, elk and moose herds in our state can thrive for years to come. From now until the end of the 2019 Big Game Hunting Seasons, the Utah Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers will be holding a “Submit Your Sample Drawing.” If you kill a deer, elk or moose in the state of Utah, and you submit your “sample” to a local DWR office or harvest checkpoint, you are eligible for the ...

Everything's bigger in Texas right?  Well, unfortunately, the Texas chapter of BHA is only the 9th largest chapter in North America and that's just not good enough for us!  Although we don't expect to become THE largest chapter by year-end, we're not going to waste any time!  We're happy to announce our 2019 Membership Drive.  With your help in buying or renewing your own membership, buying a gift membership, or forwarding this email to friends, we're confident we'll have a Texas-sized ...

Originally published Aug 22, 2019 on www.missoulian.com  Amid the controversy surrounding a Trump administration official’s stance on selling public lands, a local nonprofit is partnering with a craft brewery to highlight the issue. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Highlander Beer are teaming up on a new beer called Public Land Owner American Pale Ale. Brewed and canned out of Missoula, where both BHA and Highlander are headquartered, 3% of proceeds from the beverage will go toward ...