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Sep

2022

Bring Your Work Gloves and Boots

 *Header image by Jon Cartagena  Wildlife encounters many barriers and obstacles when moving across the landscape. Migration corridors for deer, elk and pronghorn are disrupted by roads and urban development, as well as recreation trails. Although we may be able to improve these obstacles for wildlife movement, they will remain significant impediments to wildlife for years to come. But there are some direct actions we can take to dramatically improve wildlife movement in areas that are more ...
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Aug

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 137: Marine Veteran and Storyteller Russell Worth Parker

Author: Thomas Plank
Russell Worth Parker, known as Worth, is a retired Marine and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. After 27 years in the Corps, he is home in Wilmington, North Carolina, hunting and fishing and being a husband and father – and has, as he puts it, “fallen backwards into a writing career.” Parker’s work has been published in The New York Times, Garden & Gun, The Bitter Southerner, Backcountry Journal, Shooting Sportsman, Salt Magazine and military websites such as SOFLETE.com. Join us for a ...
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Aug

2022

Please Help Ensure Public Recreational Access on Illinois Waters

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Jul

2022

BHA Highlights Thomas Creek Parcels for LWCF Acquisition to the Sanhedrin Wilderness

Benefits to anadromous fish like steelhead trout, game species and species of special concern make the Thomas Creek parcels a valuable candidate for addition to the Mendocino National Forest's Sanhedrin Wilderness, not to mention the increased access for hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts alike.
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Jul

2022

Slate of Public Lands Bills and Nominee Considered in Senate Committee

A long-awaited markup of public lands legislation by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was held on Thursday, July 21. Among a total of more than three dozen bills were eight pieces of legislation supported by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers as well as the nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis as an assistant interior secretary. Not often does a lineup of important policy items all arise in one long hearing. Here's a breakdown of what's relevant for sportsmen and women and why. Laura ...
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Jul

2022

Black River WMA: Digging Into Public Waterfowl Hunting in Arkansas

Earlier this spring a concerned member contacted our board with a question about Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area in Northeast Arkansas. With all the news and publicity concerning green tree reservoirs (GTRs) at Bayou Meto and Hurricane Lake WMAs, why hadn’t there been any news about Black River? (Side note: if you’re not familiar with this topic, check out Clay Newcomb’s Bear Grease podcast episodes 36-39, where he covers the habitat problem that is generations in the ...
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Jul

2022

Support the Role of Hunters in Conservation Funding: Stop the RETURN Act

For 85 years, hunters have played a central role in wildlife conservation funding through the Pittman-Robertson Act.  During this time we have seen enormous success in restoring species including waterfowl, turkey, white-tailed deer and elk. Hunters, who willingly step up to conserve wildlife, remain proud of our contribution to conservation through the excise taxes on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment, to the tune of $1.1 billion in 2021.  The RETURN Act (H.R. 8167), legislation ...
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Jul

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 135: Rue Mapp, founder and CEO, Outdoor Afro

Author: Thomas Plank
Rue Mapp transformed her kitchen table blog into a national nature business and movement. Today, Mapp is founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro. For more than a decade, the nonprofit has continued to celebrate and inspire Black connections and leadership in nature across the United States. Mapp also is an award-winning and inspirational leader, speaker, public lands champion and author. Her first national book, Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors, will be released in ...
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Jun

2022

Boundary Waters Conservation Advanced by Administration Action

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 24, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org          Lukas Leaf, SFBW, 612-270-6805, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org U.S. Forest Service says copper-nickel mining jeopardizes nation’s most visited wilderness WASHINGTON – Hunters and anglers applauded a proposal Thursday from federal agencies that would protect the nation’s most visited wilderness, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. A long-awaited ...
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Jun

2022

Preserve hunting opportunity in New Jersey: Vote NO on Assembly Bill 3732

The New Jersey Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is in staunch opposition to Assembly Bill 3732, proposed by Assemblywoman Shama A. Haider. The measure would change the perimeter for bow and arrow hunting around occupied buildings and require property owners to provide notice and obtain receipt from owners of adjacent properties prior to any hunting ac-tivity. Such rules would preclude hunters from pursing game on many properties and would be detrimental to the state’s ability to ...
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