BHA-NY is as busy as ever this winter, cranking out events and pint nights, thanks to our hard-working board and membership. First up, let’s all welcome Carla Denn and Virginia Glazier who were recently selected to join the BHA-NY Board. These ladies bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear and have wasted no time in getting right to work. We’re already a better chapter with them on the team. Welcome! We closed out 2018 with a pint night at Newburgh Brewing Company in Newburgh on ...

Following a tough but rewarding turkey season, we got right back to work in New York. Chapter Chair, Todd Waldron, attended the NY Sportsmen's Legislative Breakfast at the Capitol in Albany which was a great networking opportunity with state legislators and potential conservation partners. Treasurer Garret Burback joined fellow public land badasses from across the country in attending the LWCF fly-in to DC on May 16. On May 19, we held an Access Our Waters cleanup in Ithaca, Monticello, and ...

On Sunday, September 30th the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of our country’s most successful outdoor conservation tools, is set to expire and BHA needs you to take action to prevent it from happening.  Since its bi-partisan inception in 1964, the LWCF has contributed close to $4 billion for federal, state and local governments to sustain important lands, waters, conserve fish and wildlife habitat, and to enhance public access to those very same lands and waters.  As BHA-NY ...

By TIM ROWLAND, Originally published in the Sun Community News and Printing JUNE 13, 2018 2:00 PM HAGUE, New York — At an old sand pit in close proximity to the Rogers Rock State Campground, shooters have been showing up for years with a broad array of weaponry and unconventional targets, which they proceed to blast into oblivion with their shotguns and rifles. Bottles, cans, tires, televisions — anything was fair game at what the state considers to be an illegal shooting range. Aside from ...