The WY Chapter has been active this winter and spring. Janet Marschner and others hosted the first annual "Taste of the Wild" event in Cheyenne. There was tremendous response to the event, with around 100 people attending. Thank you, Janet, for planning this great event! Along with seven other groups that make up the Wyoming Sportsmen's Alliance, the chapter co-hosted the third annual Sportsmen’s Reception in Cheyenne the opening week of the 2016 legislative session. Governor Matt Mead said ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A donation by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s popular “Access Yes” program will expand the acreage open to access for sportsmen who hunt and fish in the Cowboy State. Access Yes is a funding mechanism that helps pay for Wyoming’s walk-in, hunter management areas and easements. Part of the Private Lands Public Wildlife program, the walk-in and hunter management areas are partnerships between landowners and hunters and anglers. Building ...

Wyoming BHA Board Member, Scott Reekers In life there are trends that rise and fall, bell bottoms, hair bands, and of course the soon to fall skinny jeans on teenage boys. I work with teen-agers for a living and it never ceases to amaze me what “New” recycled looks pop-culture comes up. The hunting world is no different and sorting through what is the current trend, and what is long term real world gear can be frustrating. The latest trend is floorless shelters. Floorless shelters have been ...

Mr. Snyder,Wyoming Backcountry Hunters & Anglers would like to express our thanks and support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to implement temporary road closures on Steamboat Mountain to protect big game birthing habitat from motorized disturbance.  As an organization of passionate backcountry sportsmen and women that believe land and wildlife management should led by science, we are glad to offer our sincere support to those who strive to follow this principle of the ...

The following is an objection letter to the Draft Shoshone National Forest Plan that was recently filed by Wyoming BHA. Shoshone Forest Plan (SFP), Daniel Jiron, Rocky Mountain Regional Forester This objection applies to the designation of areas in the immediate vicinity of Francs Peak and the Wood River as open to, or potentially open to, OHV’s both winter and summer as depicted on maps attached to the final draft, Alternative G, of the Shoshone Forest Plan. We are also opposed to continued ...