News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 5, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Groups unite to condemn move to exempt motorized bikes from motorized travel management decisions WASHINGTON – Sportsmen and women are opposing an Interior Department decision to open millions of acres of public land trails to motorized e-bikes, threatening intact fish and wildlife habitat and undermining science-based land management strategies. As framed via Secretarial Order 3376 ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 3, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public Land Pack Out challenges BHA members and supporters to clean up our public lands during their days afield MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members are coming together in force during Public Lands Month, working, activating and celebrating in support of our North American lands and waters – and, via BHA’s Public Land Pack Out, leaving them a little better than they ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 20, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers partners with Highlander Beer in support of North American public lands and waters MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Highlander Beer are partnering on a new beer, Public Land Owner American Pale Ale.   Brewed and canned out of Missoula, Montana, where both BHA and Highlander are headquartered, Public Land Owner Pale Ale is light-bodied ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 13, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Koch follows a decades-long career in public lands resource management by joining BHA's North American leadership team MISSOULA, Mont. – Biologist Ted Koch has joined the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers North American board of directors, bringing passion and expertise on public lands honed during a career in natural resource management. As traditional bowhunter and ecologist, Koch ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 8, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org New management plan removes protections for hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands, leaving the greater sage grouse vulnerable to continued population declines WASHINGTON – A new plan from the Trump administration proposes sweeping changes to existing management strategies for the greater sage grouse and is drawing blistering criticism from sportsmen and women and other public ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 26, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org William Perry Pendley, an outspoken proponent of selling off public lands and waters, has been appointed BLM policy head, charting management of 245 million acres WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers bluntly criticized an administration decision to elevate a well-known advocate of the sale of public lands to the top policy position at the Bureau of Land Management. William Perry ...

Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in. News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 22, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 12, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Recovering America’s Wildlife Act supports state-level conservation efforts for at-risk species WASHINGTON – State-level conservation efforts would be eligible for $1.4 billion in annual funding under the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, legislation introduced today in the House of Representatives by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and 54 original sponsors. ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 25, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Increased funding for LWCF, CWD, sage grouse conservation anchor FY 20 Interior-related appropriations minibus WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commended U.S. House of Representatives members for voting to advance a $383 billion funding bill for fiscal year 2020 that boosts spending for key conservation programs. The House appropriations minibus (H.R. 3055) increases funding ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 12, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Following Senate introduction of similar legislation, bipartisan bill acknowledges strong public support to fully fund successful access and conservation program WASHINGTON – New bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives would ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and acknowledges strong support by citizens, including public lands ...