Since 1989, the Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program has been used to expand nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities and protecting environmentally sensitive areas. For the last 30 years, Knowles Nelson has provided funds to: the WDNR, local governments, and nonprofits to protect and preserve lands in all of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. The number of projects and amount of land funded is unbelievable.    This program is especially impactful on Wisconsin’s hunters and anglers. The Wisconsin ...

BHA often touts the boots-on-the-ground, grassroots efforts of our organization and perhaps nothing embodies this more than the stewardship efforts of our college clubs. As collective owners of millions of acres of public land throughout North America it’s important that we take care of the land in the same way we care for our rifles, shotguns, and fly rods. Each year, clubs complete two work service projects in their local community. These projects build tangible field skills, leadership, ...

Jeffrey Edwards – President Q: What is your hunting/fishing/outdoor background? A: I've grown up surrounded by hunting and fishing. My earliest memories are panfishing in northern Wisconsin with a Scooby-Doo rod and sitting on the platform of a homemade ladder stand, pockets filled with candy, picking apart the woods in search of the elusive whitetail - not much has changed! Q: What are you majoring in? A: Wildlife ecology and management. Q: How/why did you get involved with BHA/UWSP ...

On June 11, the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee approved the allocation of $100,000 in hunter license dollars to deer farms in a poorly-considered and scientifically-unsound attempt to study the spread of CWD. Let's make sure that Governor Evers vetos this item and keeps CWD mitigation funding where it belongs. Use the action alert below to send Gov. Evers a message and let him know that you won't stand for your license dollars funding the high-fence shooting operations that inflamed the ...

The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for introducing the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act.  This bill would provide wildlife management agencies across the country with desperately needed resources to manage and control the spread of CWD.  We would like to thank Reps. Kind and Sensenbrenner for working together on this bipartisan effort and for choosing to lead in the fight against CWD. Sen. ...