News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   House Natural Resources Committee advances bill that would conserve Boundary Waters watershed, maintaining traditional outdoor opportunities and conserving irreplaceable landscapes   WASHINGTON – Sportsmen and women, including Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, this afternoon reiterated their support of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 28, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Despite overwhelming public opposition, Tongass National Forest’s salmon fisheries, big game habitat face industrial development JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Forest Service released its final environmental impact statement for the Tongass National Forest on Sept. 24, advancing efforts to repeal roadless protections in the United States’ largest national forest and the world’s largest ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today responded to a ruling by a federal judge that William Perry Pendley, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, has been serving unlawfully and cannot remain in his role at the BLM. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following reaction: “This proves that William Perry Pendley has been occupying his position as ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is hitting mailboxes across the continent this week. From conservation success stories to backcountry experiences and wild game recipes, this issue is not to be missed. Here’s a highlight reel: In ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Limited-edition collection available now on Filson.com MISSOULA, Mont. – Filson and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced a limited-edition collection of co-branded products in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The collection of Filson staples feature officially licensed BHA graphics and logos and supports BHA’s mission to ensure North America’s heritage of hunting ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 18, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   House of Representatives bill would limit GAOA’s impact and scope, undermine bipartisan effort that resulted in its passage MISSOULA, Mont. – Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers responded to legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that attacks the Great American Outdoors Act, the widely popular bipartisan bill that President Trump signed into law last month. ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 16, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA members span political spectrum but unite around public lands and waters MISSOULA, Mont. – Public lands sportsmen and women are politically diverse and strongly united in support of North American lands and waters, the annual survey of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers reveals, depicting a membership that is overwhelmingly young, active and engaged in issues affecting fish and ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 24, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Army Corps of Engineers requires Pebble Partnership to develop plan for mitigating mine’s impacts on fish- and wildlife-rich region of Bristol Bay MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed a decision by the Trump administration to slow development of a massive gold and copper mining project in the fish- and wildlife-rich region of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The U.S. Army ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 15, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org William Perry Pendley, a well-known opponent of public lands, had been officially nominated as BLM head, remains acting director MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today reacted to a decision by President Trump to withdraw his nomination of William Perry Pendley, an anti-public lands zealot who has advocated for their sale, as director of the Bureau of Land Management. ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 6, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ new Arkansas chapter leads fight to keep public lands publicly owned and open to public recreation PINE TREE, Ark. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Arkansas chapter is leading the fight to keep the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Experimental Station Wildlife Demonstration Area, or WDA, publicly accessible and open to public hunting and fishing, with, to ...