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May

2025

May 2025 Federal Policy Roundup

The question of whether Congress will draft legislation that includes the sale of public lands looms large as Republican lawmakers prepare their budget reconciliation bill to be made public. The first votes on the topic were held by the Senate earlier this month during consideration of an amendment to block public land sales through this legislative process. The administration took action to overturn two mineral withdrawal processes, as well as to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s ...
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May

2025

BHA Encouraged by House Budget Package That Omits Public Land Sales

Author: Nadia Marji
For Immediate Release:  May 2, 2025    Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, welcomes a significant development in the ongoing fight to keep “public lands in public hands.” This week, the House Natural Resources Committee released its portion of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package and proposals to sell or transfer public lands are nowhere to be found.    BHA and public ...
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Apr

2025

BHA Tracking Federal Public Access Closures

Author: Nadia Marji
USACE Photo/Raystown Lake   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced temporary closures of campgrounds, boat ramps, and recreation areas across three districts this summer due to staffing and resource shortages.     These closures will affect public access in parts of Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa – limiting opportunities for hunters, anglers, and other outdoor users.     Baltimore District: Partial closure of ...
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Apr

2025

In New Ads, Hunters and Anglers Thank Sens. Heinrich and Hickenlooper for Protecting Public Lands

Author: Nadia Marji
For Immediate Release: April 30, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org   In New Ads, Hunters and Anglers Thank Sens. Heinrich and Hickenlooper for Protecting Public Lands Ads in Colorado and New Mexico Newspapers Spotlight Senators’ Opposition to Public Land Sell-Offs   Missoula, MT — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), the leading advocate for the conservation of our public lands which seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, placed ...
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Apr

2025

Spring 2025 issue of Backcountry Journal

Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.
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Apr

2025

Administration to Rescind Public Lands Rule, Potentially Shirking Public Engagement

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 16, 2025  Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org    Administration to Rescind Public Lands Rule, Potentially Shirking Public Engagement  Notice of the administration’s intent comes after the suspension of the federal advisory council responsible for overseeing implementation of the Public Lands Rule earlier this year.   Washington, D.C. – Acting on earlier direction from Department of Interior ...
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Apr

2025

BHA Commends Bipartisan Stand Against Public Land Sales as Senate Amendment Falls Short

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 7, 2025    Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org    Washington, D.C. – Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate advanced a budget resolution, marking an early step in the process to pass a budget reconciliation bill – legislation that can ultimately become law with a simple majority vote and cannot be filibustered. This follows reports confirming that the Republican majority in Congress is considering ...
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Apr

2025

Hunters and Anglers Applaud the Reintroduction of the Ruby Mountains Protection Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2025   Contacts: Dan Johnson, California/Nevada Public Lands Manager, Trout Unlimited, dan.johnson@tu.org Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org Russell Kuhlman, Executive Director, Nevada Wildlife Federation, Kuhlman@nvwf.org                 This week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced legislation to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains from oil and gas ...
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Apr

2025

Hunters and Anglers Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Boundary Waters

Author: Nadia Marji
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2025    Contacts:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org  Lukas Leaf, Executive Director, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org    Hunters and Anglers Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Boundary Waters A historic push to ensure future generations can hunt, fish, and paddle in the iconic watershed could be in dire jeopardy if public ...
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Apr

2025

11 Bulls in a Row with BHA's Trey Curtiss

Trey Curtiss, a native son of Montana, is BHA’s Strategic Partnerships and Conservation Programs Manager. Trey is also among a very small group of public lands’ elk hunters who have successfully filled a bull tag now for over ten years in a row. Ponder that, for a moment: for any of us who have hunted bulls in the backcountry and think we know exactly what that entails. Do we know, really? What are we missing? What does it take, really, in time, gear, commitment, preparation? Join us ...
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