July 8, 2019   Mr. John E.Tubbs Director, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 1539 11thAve PO Box 201601 Helena, MT 59620   Dear Mr. Tubbs:   Our organization, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, requests that the DNRC pursue a reciprocal easement with the BLM to assure long-term, non-motorized public access between DNRC lands and the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Deep Creek area west of Augusta, Montana. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry ...

Beat the summer heat! The New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is offering you four ways for a chance to win a 75-quart Yeti Tundra Cooler:  Renew your BHA membership by July 31 (early renewals are OK, we just add 12 months to your membership). Join BHA with a new membership by July 31. Purchase a gift membership for a friend and get a bonus chance – one for you and one for the new member. If you join or renew for a three-year membership you’ll get three chances to ...

By Michael Wright - July 2, 2019 - Originally published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle  A coalition of conservation groups wants a federal judge to block construction on a new trail in the Crazy Mountains while he mulls their lawsuit over access to the isolated mountain range. In an injunction request filed Friday, attorneys representing five groups that sued over public access to four trails in the range asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan to bar construction of the Porcupine Ibex ...

Province – British Columbia BHA continues to swell its ranks as membership has topped 700 and continues to drive hard towards their goal of 1,000 BCBHA members by the end of 2019. More regional tables are being established as members on Vancouver Island and in the Okanagan have stepped up to promote and protect our wild lands by representing BHA in their areas.   Caribou Recovery Plan BCBHA has been attending information and feedback sessions held by the Government of BC and Canada and will ...

Some desperately needed moisture for our lands and watersheds arrived in a big way, thanks to a “surprise” spring snow storm at the end of April that covered much of Central and Southern Alberta in the white stuff, the new moisture will replenish the dwindling snowpack in the mountains and keep the mountain streams flowing towards the end of summer.   Our outreach efforts have resulted in explosive growth of our membership, which was reflected in increased attendance at our second AGM in ...