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, ...

New Mexico BHA Chair, Oscar Simpson speaks-up in support of the president's proposed conservation funding priorities.  A live video interviewwith Oscar that acompanied this release can also be found here.ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- Outdoor enthusiasts are optimistic President Obama’s new budget proposal will open up public land and, in turn, help to boost New Mexico’s economy.Some outdoor recreationists say they’ve been battling the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service for 30 years when ...

Dear Chairman Rogers, Chairwoman Mikulski, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Shelby, Since 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has been one of the most successful federal conservation programs. LWCF has played a crucial role in the conservation of our nation's natural resources, and the program has long enjoyed bipartisan support. As we move toward a crucial time in the appropriations process, it is essential that LWCF remain a Congressional priority. LWCF is premised on ...

The Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers recognizes the importance, and the challenges, of balancing our state's water needs - for business and residential purposes, recreation, and the needs of sportsmen and wildlife. The release of the Henry's Fork Basin Study Final Report prompts our response on the various final options being proposed. We feel that some of these options balance and take into account the needs of sportsmen, wildlife and habitat better than others.The Teton ...

The Henry Fork Basin Study (HFBS) discusses future water management options that have significant potential negative impacts to Wyoming wildlife. While the HFBS discusses impact to fisheries and game animal habitat it fails to delineate specific impacts to Wyoming game and fish. Little or no economic benefit will accrue to the State of Wyoming or to its hunters or anglers from this proposed water management project but risk to Wyoming’s game animal habitat and fisheries is great. Mule deer ...