Idaho BHA co-signed a letter to the North Fork Ranger District of the Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF) regarding the Hoodoo Airstrip Maintenance Project.  The Hoodoo airstrip is an existing airstrip just outside the border of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. The Hoodoo airstrip is currently in need of maintenance to make it safe to use.  Idaho BHA co-signed the letter along with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and the Idaho Wildlife Federation which ...

In October 2017, the Natural Resources Board amended the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest master plan to include a proposal to open more forest roads for motor vehicle access.  Currently, there are already 848 miles of roads open each fall for hunters and anglers to use, leaving few areas left in the state forest that sportsmen and women can get away from the roads.  The 35 miles of roads proposed to be opened over the next two years are proposed heavily in these limited remote ...

By Mateen Hessami - July 19, 2018 - Originally published in the Montana Standard. I am the outgoing president of the University of Montana’s Backcountry Hunters & Anglers college club, which was the first-ever BHA collegiate chapter. There are now 18 student-led BHA college clubs in the United States and Canada, with more being established. I am proud to be part of an organization that prioritizes our generation’s role in the fight for public lands and our outdoor heritage. My passion for ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 17, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Billion-dollar Conservation Plan Introduced in Senate Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would target at-risk species, state-level habitat work, outdoors economy WASHINGTON – A new bipartisan Senate bill that would authorize more than $1 billion every year to critical state-level fish and wildlife conservation work is drawing the enthusiastic support of public lands sportsmen and ...

By the Independent Record - July 12, 2018 - Originally published in the Independent Record. Conservation groups, foundation adopt a trailhead On Monday, June 25, two public land and conservation orgs adopted a trailhead through Adopt-A-Trail Montana (AATM), a cooperative volunteer program designed to help protect Montana’s trails from further spread of noxious weeds. The Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation partnered to adopt the Summit Trailhead, the ...