Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Indiana Chapter

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Sep

2020

Public Land Partnership: Hoosier National Forest and Indiana BHA

Author: Indiana BHA
The Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA), the voice for our public lands in the Hoosier state, is excited to announce a new volunteer partnership with the U.S. Forest Service in the Hoosier National Forest. Located in southern Indiana’s hill country, the Hoosier National Forest consists of 204,000 acres of hardwood forests, streams, and backcountry trails. Known to outdoor enthusiasts as simply “the Hoosier,” this forest is Indiana’s largest public-land holding, ...
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Jul

2020

Indiana BHA Upgrades Local WMA

Indiana BHA members installing a kiosk at the new Veale Creek WMA As public landowners, we all enjoy the freedom that our local public lands have to offer. As a chapter, we feel that it’s our responsibility to be good stewards of those lands. Workdays are a great way for us to give back and strengthen our sense of awareness and ownership of our public lands and waters. The Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and the IN DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife recently partnered for a ...
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May

2020

Expanding Public Land Hunting Access in the Hoosier State

Author: Indiana BHA
Expanding Public Land Hunting Access in the Hoosier State By Rob Seilheimer Photo by Adam Perrry   The Department of the Interior looks to keep its promise to expand hunting and fishing access on our public lands. According to a Department of the Interior press release, “U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced … a historic proposal for new and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges and 9 national fish ...
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28

Apr

2020

Public Land in a Pandemic

Author: Indiana BHA
Image Vince Scott   Indiana’s turkey season is here! Like many of you, I will be taking to the woods and fields for the next few weeks in the hopes of calling in a cooperative long beard. In a world that is very different from the one we anticipated even a couple months ago, it’s a tremendous blessing that our access to outdoor opportunity remains mostly unchanged. As Hoosiers, we should count ourselves lucky as this is not the case across the country as a whole. The key now is to enjoy the ...
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Oct

2019

The Decline of Indiana's Ruffed Grouse

Author: Indiana BHA
Have you ever heard a ruffed grouse drumming? It's primeval: as it calls for a mate, it beats a slow rhythmic thrumming that spins up, the drumming too fast to count. You feel it in your own chest as much as you hear it. Nowadays, if someone from Indiana wants to hear a grouse drumming, their best bet is to hop in the car and head to Michigan or Wisconsin. That wasn’t always the case, though. In the early 1980s, ruffed grouse were present in 41 of Indiana’s 92 counties. Now, it is estimated ...
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Sep

2019

Fall 2019 Indiana Chapter News

The Indiana chapter hit the ground running after being officially accredited in May. The Board of Directors decided on several strategic priorities that are both consistent with the overall goals of BHA and specific to Indiana’s unique needs: invasive species, chronic wasting disease, education and outreach. The Indiana chapter is engaged with other conservation groups including the Ruffed Grouse Society, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, the National Wild Turkey Federation and the ...
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Aug

2019

Pairs of Opposites And Finding Silence In The Boundary Waters

Author: Indiana BHA
My buddy Gerald in the Tennessee BHA chapter calls the Boundary Waters “his Eden.” It’s a metaphor that works on a couple levels. Eden was a space of pure nature. It was also the place we became conscious, became aware of pairs of opposites. Knowledge of this and that. Light and dark. The first wardrobe malfunction when man and woman, noticing they were different, grabbed some fig leaves to cover up. Our group was in the Boundary Waters last week, and opposites were everywhere. Technology ...
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