Note: For more on New England BHA’s support of striped bass science, policy, and management, listen to episode #2 of Conservation Cooperative “Striped Bass Science & Management” available wherever you listen to podcasts.   Around a year ago BHA’s New England Chapter made a strategic contribution supporting a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries study focused on better understanding release mortality in Atlantic striped bass. Earlier this year the New England’s Chapter made an ...

By Rome Fiore My hunting journey started all the way in California when I was a kid. My father and grandfather taught me the necessary skills to harvest upland game birds and fish. These lessons would teach me to respect the animals, as well as the public lands to enjoy these freedoms.   The author (right) and his childhood friend. With a plate of harvested dove breast.   As I matured into an adult, I was fishing a lot more than hunting because those in my social circle and family were ...

Earlier this year, with your help, Wyoming BHA helped to defeat HB60 in the legislature. Our efforts were aimed at protecting the investment of hunter and angler dollars from a significantly expanded damages program that would incentivize wildlife to consolidate on private lands without any corresponding increase in public access. Unfortunately, in July we saw this game damages plan renewed by the Game & Fish Department through a regulation change, despite the overwhelming negative response ...

When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) invited our Washington Chapter to sponsor this year’s WAFWA Sage and Columbian Sharptail Grouse Workshop in Wenatchee, we were thrilled. The board’s decision to support the workshop at the top sponsorship level was unanimous. While few of us have had the opportunity to hunt these species in states where their harvest is carefully regulated, our commitment wasn’t driven by access to hunting opportunities—it was rooted in a deep-seated ...

Last Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, New England BHA Chapter board members, Aaron Townsley and Pat Saunders taught two sessions at the Masswildlife new hunter workshop held at the Masswildlife headquarters in Westborough, MA. They shared tips, biology, equipment, and met a lot of great people. One goal of the day was to connect new hunters to other new hunters in their perspective areas, to build community as well as knowledge. The chapter gained several new members and generated a great deal ...