FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 19, 2025  CONTACT:  media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont.—Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today released an interactive state-by-state ArcGIS Story Map pinpointing Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service parcels eligible for sale in the latest draft of the Senate budget reconciliation bill. But this is no ordinary map: as part of BHA’s ongoing United We Stand for Public Lands campaign, the tool pairs policy with personal stories—photos and ...

TAKE ACTION NOW!  A rare opportunity has presented itself during this legislative session for recreational anglers in North Carolina to support a ban on inshore, bottom-disturbing trawlers from our vital marine habitats. North Carolina is the only remaining state where this destructive commercial fishing method is still permitted. The state Senate is expected to vote THIS AFTERNOON (6/18/25) on HB 442, and the House of Representatives just a day or two later, so there is no time to delay ...

For the last several years the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has advocated to reform Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). After first weighing in in 2022, BHA’s Rhode Island team elevated the issue as a top policy priority in 2024 and 2025 and has participated in every public input opportunity related to the Council’s structure since then. During their 2025 legislative session several CRMC reform bills have been considered by RI’s General ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is celebrating a critical victory for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and the greater Rainy River Watershed following breaking news from Capitol Hill. The U.S. House of Representatives has removed harmful provisions from its budget reconciliation bill—measures that would have directly undermined existing protections for one of America’s most ...

“Privatization of Public Lands.” Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette: 6/5/25 Public lands, and hence hunting, are under threat like never before. From states such as Utah (and 14 others) laying claim to Bureau of Land Management lands — which was shot down by the Supreme Court — to Congress attempting to sell public lands using the budget reconciliation process to the Trump administration proposing selling public lands under the guise of promoting homebuilding to rolling back national monument ...