If you haven’t yet, listen to our Podcast and Blast episode titled “BHA 2023 Policy Roundup with BHA Government Relations Manager Kaden McArthur,” where I sit down with Hal Herring to discuss some of the conservation wins from last year that BHA played a role in achieving. You can also follow along our conversation with this blog as we discuss it. Senate Introduces Legislation to Reauthorize Conservation Programs Last Friday, Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito ...

Update from Former Chapter Chair Hey everyone!  Not sure where you are in the state but where I am it seems to be perpetual early March out there.  This will be my last greeting as NY Chapter chair as I am super excited to step into my new role as the Chapter Coordinator for New York, New Jersey and New England. It has been a great time as chair and I am stoked to see the NY Chapter take off with Vice Chair Greg Whalin as interim until the board elects a new chair in March.   As always, Get ...

For Immediate Release                                                                                     Feb. 9, 2024 Contact:  Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Senate Legislation Introduced to Reauthorize Popular Conservation Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers supports new legislation that will keep important conservation programs running until the end of the decade. America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act, was introduced ...

The largest public lands conservation opportunity in our lifetime is at hand. The Bureau of Land Management is finalizing plans for the long-term management of an expanse of public lands in Alaska that is larger than the state of Ohio.  There are 28 million acres at stake, an unfathomable wealth of wildlife, big game, fisheries, waterfowl, and the headwaters of rivers like the Kuskokwim and the Yukon. These are known as the D1 Lands, protected from mining and energy development by the ...

February 6, 2024   Representative Ron Mendive Chair, House Resources & Conservation Committee P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0038   Chairman Mendive:   The Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (“ID BHA”) respectfully opposes House Bill No. 469, which would prohibit the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (“IDFG”) from making or enforcing regulations that would not permit the use of 209 primers, pelletized powder, or sabots within muzzleloader-only hunting seasons in Idaho. While ...