LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It’s time to pass the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act By JOHN SULLIVAN and HANNAH NIKONOW - Dec 21, 2017 - Originally published in the Missoulian  It should come as no surprise that the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supports the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act. BHA was founded in part to advance policy like the BCSA, and the areas conserved under the bill happen to sit right in our big western Montana backyard. The bill introduced by ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers stated that “justice must be served” in the conspiracy case against scofflaw rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons and a supporter following a federal judge’s declaration of a mistrial in the case this morning. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement: “Cliven Bundy and his followers are lawbreakers who continue to ...

Hunters and anglers in Colorado are taking lead in engaging the next generation of hunter-angler-conservationists thanks to the state’s two Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) college chapters: The Western State Colorado University (WSCU) chapter in Gunnison, led by Johnathan Kelley (johnathan.kelley@western.edu), and the Colorado State University (CSU) chapter in Fort Collins with Matt Eischens (matteischens@hotmail.com), a U.S. Air Force veteran, at the helm. During September the WSCU BHA ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – The winter 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal is arriving in BHA members’ mailboxes in time for the holidays. Here are some highlights from this issue: Required Reading: We asked our staff, board and some literary friends about their favorite books and why they matter. The result is a “best of” list of works critical to the sportsmen-conservation movement and understanding the people and ideas behind it. It also offers some top-notch fireside reading this winter…and gift ...

New Mexico anglers know all too well that the Land of Enchantment has precious few fishable streams, and that many sections of those rivers and streams are closed to the public. What most anglers don’t know is that they have a constitutional right to fish in any stream that they can reach without crossing private land. This right was enshrined in water law when was New Mexico was a territory and written into our state Constitution. The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld and clarified these ...