Photo Credits: Good Bull Outdoors In August, Gov. Jared Polis gave sportsmen and women a tool to protect migration corridors in Colorado. BHA welcomes this executive order (EO), and we thank the governor for his leadership on this bipartisan issue. If you’d like to thank Gov. Polis for this action you can follow this link. The Importance Of Wildlife Habitat In 2004 a group of seven hunters and anglers came together around a campfire to discuss the tenets of our hunting heritage. The ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 20, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers partners with Highlander Beer in support of North American public lands and waters MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Highlander Beer are partnering on a new beer, Public Land Owner American Pale Ale.   Brewed and canned out of Missoula, Montana, where both BHA and Highlander are headquartered, Public Land Owner Pale Ale is light-bodied ...

The Colorado Chapter's Southwest BHA crew had a great Volunteer Day this August in advance of Public Lands Month. Three Chapter Leaders, ten Volunteers and two Forest Service officials were in attendance at the Hermosa Special Management Area (SMA). BHA Chapter Leaders and Volunteers spent the day assisting the Forest Service with the implementation of their Travel Management Plan to help protect an important watershed in the area. Together Volunteers, BHA Chapter Leaders, and Forest Service ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Becca Fowler to serve as Assistant Regional Director for the Mesa County-Grand Valley Area and Brad Athmer to serve as Southeast Colorado Events Director/Coordinator. Becca was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Durango, Colorado, when she was nine. She is an adult-onset hunter who was inspired to become a hunter after joining Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “I joined BHA about 4 years ago,” she said. “I heard ...

In late July, Idaho BHA volunteers installed 11 new signs to remind motorized users to ride and drive legally on public lands.  The metal signs, which resemble a license plate, we placed on wooden barriers north of Emmett.  The barriers were constructed back in 2017 by BHA volunteers and other organizations, in cooperation with the Forest Service, as a response to reports of increased illegal motorized use on non-motorized routes in the area.  The metal signs were designed in partnership ...