Results from the 2021 Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest results are in, and we at Backcountry Hunters & Anglers couldn’t be more excited by the entries we received. From the high peaks of the Rockies to the marshlands of the South, amazing entries from our fellow public lands and waters lovers told stories of their outdoors experiences. The winners from each category will receive a pair of Diamondback HD 8x42 Binoculars from Vortex Optics, a Benchmade Steep Country knife and a $100 gift ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 15, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MAPLand Act would modernize, digitize map records, increasing access opportunities for public lands hunters WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation that would modernize and digitize map records for the benefit of public lands hunters passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives today following strong and continued advocacy by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and other sportsmen’s and ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Court rules unanimously that ‘non-navigable regulation’ is unconstitutional, voids existing closure certifications SANTA FE, N.M. – Today the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a ruling strongly in support of public access to the state’s waters when it unanimously struck down a regulation allowing landowners to close access to streams running through their properties. The New Mexico ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to announce the Aidan Long Outdoors for All Scholarship, a fund dedicated to help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing access to adaptive equipment or provide assistance with outdoor education. BHA is currently seeking applicants for this new opportunity.  Aidan Nichols Long, 2004-2021, loved life and nature every day. Growing up in Montana his best times included camping, canoeing and fishing with his mom and dad, Karen Nichols and ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has consistently supported the expansion of public hunting and fishing access on National Wildlife Refuge System lands and waters across the United States. Since passage of the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act, which resulted in hunting, fishing and other wildlife-dependent recreation being recognized as priority recreational uses on refuges, state fish and wildlife agencies and refuge managers have been working together, through an open public ...