Minnesota BHA board member and filmmaker Mark Norquist was the recipient of BHA’s Sigurd Olson Award at the North American Rendezvous in Missoula. Mark’s award-winning film “Fish Out of Water” (along with “Flush in the Wild”) highlight efforts to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota from proposed sulfide-ore copper mines. The chapter also had op-eds in the Duluth News Tribune, St. Cloud Times and AmmoLand.com in support of Gov. Dayton’s decision to ...

The California Chapter will have a table at the North American Longbow Safari, July 2 and 3, hosted by Traditional Archers of California, in Petaluma. We are looking for members to help man our table, and to talk to folks about who we are, what we do, and why others should care about our wild heritage! A couple of us are going to be shooting this event, but if you are coming out just to staff the table, entry fees will be waived. If you have never helped staff one of these events, it is a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 22, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Enhanced access would benefit public lands sportsmen on 13 refuges in nine states, including new hunting opportunities in Colorado and Michigan WASHINGTON - New hunting and angling opportunities on national wildlife refuges provide increased public access for sportsmen during a time when access is shrinking, said Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, commending a decision by the U.S. Fish and ...

The Wisconsin Chapter of BHA was formed in March and has hit the ground running to tackle issues of conservation, public lands and waters access, and raising awareness of the chapter’s creation. We worked with the outdoor editor in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and published an article on the chapter’s formation. On May 11th we held a happy hour in Milwaukee to bring members together and plan to hold similar events in the future throughout the state. We are working with the WI DNR to assist ...

July 13, 2016 To Whom It May Concern: Please accept this letter as public comment pertaining to the DRAFT 2016-2026 Statewide Trails Strategic Plan on behalf of Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), as well as our extensive membership. We applaud your efforts to gain widespread feedback in advance of development of this plan. But to ensure you are aware, a technical glitch prohibited some of those attempting to call the conference line to participate in early discussions. As such, we ...