FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 28, 2026  Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org    Washington, D.C.—Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is celebrating the announcement that Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) controversial public lands disposal provision has been formally withdrawn from the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. This reversal follows a wave of national opposition—led by BHA members and supporters across all 50 states—who mobilized and ...

"For many of us, these wild places are the last bridge between the war we left behind and the peace we still seek. Does Congress truly intend to burn that bridge with the stroke of a pen?"   The below letter was authored by the board of BHA's Armed Forces Initiative and mailed on June 18,2025 to all 541 members of Congress concerning the proposed sell-off of over 3 million acres of public lands.   June 18, 2025   Dear Member of Congress:   Chief among the ideals that service members and ...

Beginning at 9 a.m., the Commission met in the Red River Convention Center in Red River, New Mexico. All seven Commission members were present, including Chair Richard Stump, Vice-Chair Sharon Salazar Hickey, Gregg Fulfe, Dr. Sabrina Pack, Turzio Lopez, Fernando Clemente Jr.; and Dr. Christopher C. Witt, a new member. Dr. Witt is a faculty member at the University of New Mexico, holding a doctorate in Biological Sciences. Also in attendance were about 15 staff members, and about 10 citizens; ...

Welcome to Nebraska Backcountry Hunters & Anglers June newsletter! Latest: Your Nebraska Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers hosted a volunteer event at East Willow Island Wildlife Management Area between Cozad and Gothenburg on June 21st. It was hotter than blazes! The primary objective of the event was to improve the habitat for native wildlife occurring in the region. This state WMA has large areas of invasive Chinese elm and eastern red cedar. Volunteers applied herbicide to a ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 19, 2025  CONTACT:  media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont.—Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today released an interactive state-by-state ArcGIS Story Map pinpointing Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service parcels eligible for sale in the latest draft of the Senate budget reconciliation bill. But this is no ordinary map: as part of BHA’s ongoing United We Stand for Public Lands campaign, the tool pairs policy with personal stories—photos and ...