Michigan public lands bills SB302, SB303, and HB4475 have passed the state house and senate. SB302, and 303 and HB4475 now move to Governor Snyder's desk.  The Michigan Board has submitted a letter in opposition to all these bills as they make it easier for private entities to purchase public land, harder for public land to be acquired and will also result in the removal of berms and gates in many areas increasing open roads and reducing the amount of roadless areas within the ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently held their 10th Annual Rendezvous(June 1-3, 2018), where they recognized vice chair/treasurer, Matt Kenna, for over a decade of selfless service and untold contributions to the chapter’s public lands, waters and wildlife preservation efforts. Matt will step down from the Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) during June. Matt lives in Durango with his wife, Janet, where they raised two sons. And although Matt would never admit it, ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Kylie Schumacher and Justin Cross to serve on the Chapter Leadership Team as Northern Colorado Regional Director and Assistant Regional Director, respectively. Kylie was raised among the cornfields of Bloomington, Illinois, and is an adult-onset hunter. “Pursuing a career in wildlife, I took hunter’s ed primarily as a resume booster,” she says. “As I continued on in the wildlife field, I got more interested in ...

It just got easier for hunters, both resident and non-resident, to draw an antelope tag in New Mexico. The State Game Commission in May voted for a massive overhaul of its antelope management program, a move that NM BHA strongly supported. It was a two-part action, but most important the Commission eliminated the Antelope Private Lands Use System, known as A-PLUS. That program for years has given about 70 percent of all available antelope tags to a small group of landowners, who could then ...

Idaho BHA Habitat Watch coordinator Dan Herrig and Habitat Watch volunteer Larry Callister worked together to submit comments to the Owyhee Field Office of the BLM regarding the Silver City Travel Management Plan, which covers a large area in southwest Idaho.  The BLM was seeking public comments for three proposed action alternatives regarding motorized use in the area covered by the Silver City Travel Management Plan. Idaho BHA supported Alternative B because this alternative would: have ...