Travel management on public lands and off highway vehicle use is a complicated topic - with many arguments for and against it.  Backcountry Hunters & Anglers believes that OHV's should be used lawfully and respectfully, to protect good habitat and hunting and fishing oppportunities.  But, if you or a  fellow outdoorsman have ever wondered What is travel management? Why close roads at all? How am I supposed to access my hunting area? Is Backcountry Hunters & Anglers an anti-atv ...

Utah Chapter NewsMonday, June 18, 2012 Utah BHA held its first Chapter “Rendezvous” near Strawberry Reservoir in the foothills of the Uinta Mountains the first weekend in June.  Margo Taylor designed an eye-catching invitation which Ken Theis, Utah Coordinator, emailed to Utah members and took the lead for follow up.  John Pollard (Utah Chapter founder) scouted out a dandy drive-in dispersed campground and generously provided barbecued elk burgers for Saturday’s dinner. Margo, Ken, and ...

Meanwhile, back on the home-front, a coalition of sportsmen and conservation groups scored-big by winning a lawsuit which challenged plans for irresponsible oil and gas development on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property on the Roan Plateau in West-Central Colorado. A federal judge sided with the conservation coalition and determined that the BLM had failed to properly consider alternative oil and gas drilling techniques necessary to protect the landmark hunting and fishing ...

What do Montana’s Powder River Basin, Colorado’s Roan Plateau and New Mexico’s San Juan Mountains have in common? All three are truly wild places which offer high-quality fish and wildlife habitat and, all three habitats are in the crosshairs of energy development. To ensure energy development on these lands occurs responsibly, it is imperative that sportsmen have a voice!Unfortunately, three bills recently introduced in the House of Representatives threaten to strip sportsmen of their voice ...

6-22-2012 Dear Utah BHA members. There has been a proposed rule change submitted to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. The proposed rule change would cap the amount of funds a conservation organization can keep at 10%. This rule change would bring the convention tags sold at the Outdoor Expo under a similar set of rules and accounting procedures as currently exist for the conservation tag program. Utah Backcountry Hunters and Anglers support this rule change. Proper accounting and ...