By Chris Jenkins Chris is a Board Member and Director of Conservation for the Southeast Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and lucky to call the beautiful North Georgia Mountains home. There are a few things in my life that you could classify me as obsessed over, but hunting is by far my most intense addiction. For example, I strive to hunt the entire Georgia deer season in the rut. I start hunting the coastal maritime forests to catch the September and October rut, then I move ...

We all know what a difficult and lengthy journey it is to get a habitat project off the ground. That’s why it is so important to continue monitoring these projects to ensure our efforts are making a difference and to make sure we know if additional efforts are needed. In recent years, the USFS has been hard at work in Pike National Forest to improve habitat and facilitate wildfire mitigation. Inherently, wildfire mitigation leads to opening terrain and establishing great habitat; and ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers will hold their 11th annual Rendezvous during May 31 – June 2, 2019, at the Lakeview Campground in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest north of Buena Vista/south of Leadville.  Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is a hunter-angler conservation group that was born around a southern Oregon campfire during March 2004. Seven hunters and anglers, men and women—brought together by a former U.S. Army field artillery officer, Mike Beagle—decided ...

Southeast Chapter BHA Advisory Council The Southeast Chapter would like to engage a greater number of influencers from the general membership of the chapter. These members generally have a strong personal brand within the outdoor industry and, due to their positions, do not have the time to actively participate in the Chapter Board. Our chapter is better with this group of members involved and the intent of the Advisory Council is to provide recognition above that of a general member; ...

A much needed piece of bipartisan legislation (HB 1264) which would reauthorize Colorado conservation easement tax credit and improve transparency of the program is currently making it's way through the Colorado legislature.  Colorado sportsmen have united show broad support for this important conservation program.  Colorado House & Senate Members, The large tracts of wide-open country and healthy populations of fish and wildlife that hunters and anglers currently enjoy are available in ...