The news that President Obama has selected REI CEO Sally Jewell to lead the U.S. Department of Interior is encouraging for backcountry hunters and anglers who rely on quality wildlife habitat to continue our traditional, non-motorized sporting heritage.Ms. Jewell was a key stakeholder in discussions to craft President Obama's America's Great Outdoors program, an agenda for the 21st Century to support community-driven outdoor recreation initiatives that was widely embraced by the sportsmen ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers will be hosting a showing of Green Fire; a documentary on sportsmen and revolutionary conservationist Aldo Leopold.  The film will be shown on March 6th, 7:00 PM at the Durango Public Library (1900 E Third Ave).  The event is free and open to all. Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the 20th century because his ideas are so relevant to the environmental issues of our time.  He is the father of the national wilderness system, ...

The following is a talk given by Dr. George N. Wallace at Colorado State University's (CSU) College of Natural Resources Fall Seminar Series on "The Culture of Stewardship", December 9th, 2004. George is an active BHA member and retired CSU professor.I know that the number of fishery and wildlife biology students that hunt has declined and are perhaps now a minority. I am going to propose that hunting can contribute to land stewardship and foster a commitment to land health as it has for ...

  Utah Backcountry Hunters & Anglers are honored to host Randy Newberg at the 2013 International Sportsmen Expo (ISE) in Salt Lake City, March 14-17.  As host of the Sportsman Channel’s “On Your Own Adventures”, Newberg is a do-it-yourself hunter that hunts exclusively on public lands.   In line with this focus, Utah BHA will be hosting two of Randy’s ISE seminars on do-it-yourself public lands elk hunting during the show.  In addition, BHA members are invited to a meet and greet social ...

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to create the "Rio Grande del Norte National Monument."  NM BHA appluaded habitat protection in the Rio Rio Grande National Monument in a recent press release.  A map of the habitat protected through this desgination can be found here or on the BLM's official Rio Grande del Norte web page.New Mexico Backcountry Hunters & Anglers proudly support a proposal to permanently protect critical big game habitat in the ...