News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 21, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262,  mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Following today’s breakdown of congressional budget negotiations that triggered the start of a government shutdown at midnight tonight, BHA President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following response: “Our public lands and waters and the critters that inhabit them rely on the stewardship of our federal land managers. The expertise, energy and commitment they ...

BHA’s Chris Hennessey of Pennsylvania, Jason Meekhof of Michigan, and Josh Kaywood of Tennessee talk Eastern hunting and fishing, the explosive growth of BHA west of the Mississippi River, and the many challenges, threats and issues facing sportsmen in the eastern United States, including loss of access, dwindling numbers of hunters speaking out for wild places, and the role of public lands and waters in an increasingly privatized landscape. The conversation explores a history of triumphs in ...

  News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 15, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Missoula, Mont. - Following an announcement by the Trump administration of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s resignation, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following response:  “Ryan Zinke came to the Interior Department with an ambitious vision for overseeing the nation’s great natural resources, but he ultimately broke his contract with the ...

Few people know Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front better than Ron Mills, one of the most prolific and experienced guides and outfitters to explore the rugged expanses of the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness areas in the last century. His new book details the trials, tribulations, and incomparable rewards that come with hunting, fishing and guiding tenderfoot clients in some of North America’s most pristine and daunting wilderness. Mills appeared on BHA’s Podcast and Blast with Hal Herring ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 6, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Sportsmen and women criticize weakened conservation policies in administration plan for the Western sage steppe   MISSOULA, Mont. – New sage grouse management plans unveiled by the Bureau of Land Management could unravel years of stakeholder collaboration and reduce habitat conservation measures for sagebrush country that have played a major role in keeping the greater sage grouse off ...