Administration Rule on Clean Water Act Eliminates Protections for Wildlife Habitat, Ignores the Will of the Public Administration Rule on Clean Water Act Eliminates Protections for Wildlife Habitat, Ignores the Will of the Public Arkansas BHA Chapter / Wednesday, April 22, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 22, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sportsmen and women remain committed to ensuring the responsible management of vital habitat and drinking water relied on by 117 million Americans MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today reacted with disappointment to a Trump administration rule that unravels fish and wildlife protections restored in 2015 under the Clean Water Act. The administration decision follows a ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal Arkansas BHA Chapter / Monday, March 23, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 23, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The spring issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is reaching the homes of BHA members across North America this week. From conservation success stories to backcountry experiences and wild game recipes, this issue is not to be missed. Here’s a ... Media Press Releases press releases Read more
Senate LWCF/Backlog Funding Bill Introduced; Expands Public Lands Agencies Receiving Funds Senate LWCF/Backlog Funding Bill Introduced; Expands Public Lands Agencies Receiving Funds Arkansas BHA Chapter / Tuesday, March 10, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 9, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Bipartisan legislation represents consensus priorities of American citizens, addresses places critical to fish and wildlife and prized by hunters and anglers WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today, the Great American Outdoors Act, would ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address maintenance backlogs on public ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Senate to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Maintenance Backlogs, Fully Fund LWCF Senate to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Maintenance Backlogs, Fully Fund LWCF Arkansas BHA Chapter / Thursday, March 5, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 5, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation responds to requests by sportsmen and women, follows president’s statement expressing support WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation to be introduced in the U.S. Senate will address maintenance backlogs on public lands managed by the National Park Service and ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, advancing objectives long championed by ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Interior Undercuts Push to Increase Access by Slashing Funding for Key Program Interior Undercuts Push to Increase Access by Slashing Funding for Key Program Walker Conyngham / Tuesday, February 11, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 11, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Days after launching effort to identify inaccessible public lands, Interior proposes reducing LWCF funding by 97 percent WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today pointedly criticized an Interior Department budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 that reduces funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund by 97 percent, a move that comes only days after the department issued a ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
BHA Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Boundary Waters BHA Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Boundary Waters Arkansas BHA Chapter / Wednesday, February 5, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 5, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA president/CEO urges House subcommittee to advance a bill that would prevent mining within wilderness watershed WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney testified at a House of Representatives hearing today regarding the need to protect the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from copper-nickel mining. The House Natural ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Bipartisan Boundary Waters Conservation Bill Commended by Sportsmen and Women Bipartisan Boundary Waters Conservation Bill Commended by Sportsmen and Women Arkansas BHA Chapter / Wednesday, January 15, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 15, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation would protect iconic wilderness area and surrounding watershed WASHINGTON – Public lands sportsmen and women united in commending introduction of bipartisan legislation, the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, which would ensure the permanent protection of 234,328 acres of public land upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Sportsmen’s Groups Praise Introduction of Bipartisan Boundary Waters Legislation Sportsmen’s Groups Praise Introduction of Bipartisan Boundary Waters Legislation Arkansas BHA Chapter / Wednesday, January 15, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 15, 2020Contact: Lukas Leaf, SBW, lukas@sportsmenbwca.orgKatie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Bill would permanently protect both wilderness area and its watershed WASHINGTON – Leaders in the conservation community commended the introduction of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide for the protection, for current and future generations, of the Boundary Waters ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
Senate Unanimously Passes Massive Package of Conservation Bills Senate Unanimously Passes Massive Package of Conservation Bills Arkansas BHA Chapter / Friday, January 10, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ACE Act represents consensus priorities of hunting and angling community; BHA urges House to advance to president’s desk WASHINGTON – Earlier today the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a diverse package of conservation measures, the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, or ACE Act (S. 3051). The bipartisan bill represents a number of consensus priorities for hunters and anglers, ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more
BHA Reacts to Administration Decision to Keep Anti-Public Lands Activist Pendley as BLM Director BHA Reacts to Administration Decision to Keep Anti-Public Lands Activist Pendley as BLM Director Arkansas BHA Chapter / Thursday, January 2, 2020 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 2, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA calls for intensified review of William Pendley’s credentials via a formal nomination process MISSOULA, Mont. – Following an order by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt extending once again the temporary appointment of anti-public lands activist William Perry Pendley as head of the Bureau of Land Management, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers president and CEO Land Tawney reignited a ... Media Press Releases the campfire press releases Read more