News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) – A coalition of 41 conservation groups, including organizations representing millions of hunters, anglers, public land advocates, and wildlife professionals, have sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act (S. 2781), legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and James ...

SB 1236 Recently, SB 1236 was passed by the Texas government. This new law removes the opportunity for hunters to use public riverbeds and streams for hunting as it bans using rifles and archery equipment (unless equipped with a reel and line) in public waterways. During the recent legislative session, this decision has been met with opposition from various groups, including the Texas Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. However, despite the opposition, SB 1236 was passed unanimously ...

This Tuesday, October 24th, RI’s Coastal Resources Management Council will meet to consider Application 2023-04-094, in which RI’s Department of Transportation outlines plans to rebuild the bike path bridges that span the Barrington and Warren (Palmer) Rivers. While their primary purpose has always been to provide connectivity for the East Bay Bike Path, both bridges have historically been used by anglers, especially in the spring months when returning herring bring the first Striped Bass of ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to announce that John Gale, the organization’s vice president of policy and government relations, has been selected for a Senior Executive Service position with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. His last day with BHA will be November 3, 2023. As the nation’s largest steward of public lands and waters, ...

BILLINGS — With the general rifle season set to kick off Saturday, Friday was cause for celebration for hunters like Evan Trewhella, who say that hunter safety taught in school is basically a rite of passage in the Treasure State. "Hunting has been a part of Montana’s culture ever since this state was founded. Even before, there were hunters all around," said Trewhella on Friday. He's a born and raised Montanan who lives and breathes hunting. He learned the ins and outs in school hunter ...