Jul

2025

Public lands are not to be gifted to foreign mining billionaires.

“Public lands are not to be gifted to foreign mining billionaires.” Duluth News Tribune: 6/29/25. On May 29 in Colorado, I met Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) advocate and Ely resident Becky Rom, the national chair of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters. She and her team attended the Outside Festival in Denver — for good reason. “Attendance at the four-day event … drew 35,000 people, nearly doubling attendance from the debut event last year,” the Colorado Sun reported. Rom ...

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Jul

2025

NC: Helene Storm Debris Removal Threatens Native Trout Habitat in Western North Carolina

Author: North Carolina BHA

Nine months after Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southern Appalachians, contractors hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continue to rip through critical aquatic habitats in the name of storm debris removal. The most recent victim of this ongoing and unwarranted natural disaster, a .75-mile stretch of Little Rose Creek, located within the Pisgah Gamelands in Mitchell County. Originating up near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Little Rose is a known site for native Southern Appalachian ...

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Jul

2025

KY BHA June 2025 Newsletter

Author: Kentucky BHA

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Jul

2025

Idaho Chapter Mobilized Wave of Grassroots Opposition to Public Land Sales for Flood the Lines Day

Author: Idaho BHA

Last week in response to Sen. Mike Lee’s relentless attempts to sell off our public lands, the Idaho chapter rapidly organized three pint nights across the state in concert with “Flood the Lines Day”. These events activated over 200 public land owners between Boise, Lewiston, and Moscow, ID to call, email, and snail mail their elected officials while gathering at local watering holes Payette Brewing, Groundwork Brewing, Hunga Dunga Brewing. These efforts complimented 1944 Idaho based actions ...

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Jul

2025

NJ Across the State Public Lands Packout_25

Author: New Jersey BHA

The New Jersey Chapter joined forces as they spread out to clean up 3 Wildlife Management Area across the state. In the North: Honey Run Wildlife Management Area, Centrally: Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, and in the South: Union Lake Wildlife Management Area They collected 5+ pickup loads of garbage making our public lands cleaner and healthier for all. Great job chapter leaders and volunteers! And to Afuera Coffee Co. for providing three luck people with packages of coffee and ...

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Jul

2025

State Policy Spotter

Author: Anonym

This is your October edition of BHA's State Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting our wild public lands, waters and wildlife across North America.

Note - this is not a comprehensive list of legislation or issues that chapters are working on, but rather a spotlight in the moment of what is moving. There are many more bills and issues BHA's chapters are grappling with so be sure to check out individual chapter pages for more news and updates.

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Tags: Montana Chapter, Florida Chapter, Illinois Chapter, Policy, media, New England Chapter, Utah Chapter, Idaho Chapter

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Jul

2025

These Lands We'll Protect: AFI Veterans Speak Out Against Public Land Selloffs

Author: Bryan Jones

As part of the federal budget reconciliation process, members of the U.S. Senate were considering the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land—much of it in the same backcountry places that help veterans heal, reconnect, and reintegrate. For those involved in Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Armed Forces Initiative (AFI), these aren’t just parcels on a map. They’re hallowed ground. Thankfully, over this past weekend, Senate negotiators dropped provisions to sell public lands—after ...

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Jul

2025

Saving Coldwater Fisheries with Chris Jordan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Author: Zack Williams

MeatEater Director of Conservation and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers North American Board Chair Ryan Callaghan joins Hal as they discuss what is happening, what’s at stake, and how we – all of us American patriots together -- are going to stop this vandalism and theft of the treasures of our nation. Listen. Learn. Then Take Action.

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Jun

2025

Duck Gyro

Author: Alec Boyd-Devine

Duck Gyro Contributed by Alec Boyd-DevineThis is one of my favorite summertime recipes—perfect when I’m craving some of the ducks left in the freezer from last fall. It’s a fresh yet hearty meal, an unlikely combination that just works.This recipe is easy to eye without needing precise measurements.Ingredients • Duck breast (1–2 per gyro, depending on breast size) • Pita bread • Fresh dill • Lemons • Garlic bulb • Greek yogurt • Oregano, salt, ...

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Tags: Field to Table, Alaska Chapter

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Jun

2025

Jackson Fence Pull Event Recap

Author: Collin Peterson

On a ridgeline at 8,000 feet in the west Pioneer mountains outside of Jackson, Montana, 13 volunteers from Montana BHA spent their summer solstice rolling up barbed wire and hauling it out of the forest, camping out on a mountaintop, and repeating the process over the next day. Oh yeah, and all of this was done in a straight up blizzard!This shining example of Type II fun was completed as part of a partnership between BHA and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) in their joint effort to ...

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Public lands are not to be gifted to foreign mining billionaires.

NC: Helene Storm Debris Removal Threatens Native Trout Habitat in Western North Carolina

KY BHA June 2025 Newsletter

Idaho Chapter Mobilized Wave of Grassroots Opposition to Public Land Sales for Flood the Lines Day

NJ Across the State Public Lands Packout_25

State Policy Spotter

These Lands We'll Protect: AFI Veterans Speak Out Against Public Land Selloffs

Saving Coldwater Fisheries with Chris Jordan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Duck Gyro

Jackson Fence Pull Event Recap

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