April 4, 2014                                         TO: Larry Hartman, Environmental Review Manager, EERA Minnesota Department of Commerce (larry.hartman@state.mn.us)FROM: Minnesota Backcountry Hunters & AnglersSUBJ: Enbridge Sandpiper Pipeline Comments-PUC Docket Number (13-474) Dear State Agency Leaders:Minnesota Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA)—The Sportsman's Voice for Our Wild Public Lands, Waters and Wildlife—are a grassroots group of sportsmen and women who are united by a ...

Colorado BHA Friends,The sixth annual Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Rendezvous is scheduled for June 6–8, 2014. We’ll be setting up camp in the San Juan National Forest south of Pagosa Springs at the Blanco River Campground (this is a new rendezvous location for us: see maps and links below for detailed directions and additional information):[Directions from Pagosa Springs: Travel south on Hwy 84 13.0 miles and turn east on Forest Development Road #656 for 1.75 miles]We’ve reserved ...

March 25, 2014   Dear Representative:   Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has members in all 50 states and is committed to protecting wild public lands, water and wildlife. Stripping the Antiquities Act of its historical authority to safeguard special public lands, means less opportunity for hunters and anglers. BHA supports boots-on-the-ground knowledge of local places, conservation of critical wildlife habitat and the ability of citizens to educate our elected officials on the importance of ...

John W Thompson, Acting Field ManagerMissoula Field Office3255 Fort Missoula RoadMissoula, MT 59804Re Arrastra Creek Allotment EA DOI-BLM-B010-2013-009-EAOur 350 member organization is comprised of Montana hunters and anglers, many of whom hunt and fish in the Blackfoot drainage. Observations of livestock damage by our members were documented in our November, 2011 letter and photos to your office. We have reviewed the EA and have had phone conversations with your Range, fisheries and ...

No, the sky is not falling, but it is starting to buzz. As you may have read in the Fall 2013 issue of the Backcountry Journal, or heard about through BHA's Facebook page, the use of drones for hunting and scouting is a small but rapidly growing threat to our fair chase hunting traditions. Youtube videos of moose being stalked and hogs eradicated with drones show that the technology is already available and that it will be used unless sportsmen do something about it. In Montana and Colorado, ...