Recently a proposed concurrent resolution has been introduced in Arizona (HCR 2024) that opposes a global initiative to conserve 30% of our land and water resources by the year 2030. Commonly referred to as 30x30, it is captured in the Biden Administration's broader conservation agenda, the America the Beautiful Initiative. Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recognizes that there isn’t a lot of accurate information being shared about this initiative and why we support 30x30. AZ BHA wants ...

A Colorado Court of Appeals in January 2022 ruled that a key public waters access case can move forward. BHA has been closely following the case and commended the court's ruling.  Mark Squillace, a professor of natural resources law at the University of Colorado Boulder, said the court's decision is a milestone in taking a public waters access case to trial - a milestone that could change how anglers access water in Colorado, a state with notoriously poor protections for public hunting and ...

Quality public hunting and fishing access consistently tops the list of issues outdoorsmen and women expect Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to help tackle.  The need for recreational access only continues to escalate as the supply of open lands is strained by changing land use patterns and growing development pressures for undeveloped lands and waters.  Limits on supply are being coupled with exploding demand as the pandemic-induced participation increases in hunting, fishing, shooting and ...

In the time since publication, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chains on March 31st, 2022. The chief regulatory officer for Twin Metals, the company overseeing the mining project that threatens the Boundary Waters, was a witness at the hearing. BHA and our partners submitted a letter for the record stating our belief that the United States can and must balance domestic critical mineral production with ensuring that we do ...

We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family's 40-acre homestead is situated within a designated wilderness, surrounded by a national wildlife refuge that adjoins Katmai National Park. I grew up sharing the wilderness with the wildest of living beings. Summers, I ran barefoot through the tundra hunting small game with my bow, spent hours fishing the streams, and ...