News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 14, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Senate and House vote today to advance the bill, sending it on to the president’s desk   WASHINGTON – Public lands and waters are among the beneficiaries of a bipartisan spending bill passed by Congress today. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers signaled support of the legislative package, which boosts funding for the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service and increases Land and ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 13, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org                     Matthew Bishop, 406-324-8011, bishop@westernlaw.org   Sportsmen and women contend Forest Service is not doing its job by failing to protect and defend public access to public lands on historic trails   MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and a coalition of concerned conservation-based groups have submitted a letter to the U.S. Forest Service summarizing ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 12, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, other conservation priorities included in broad-based package of bills   WASHINGTON – A vote by the U.S. Senate today supported a massive package of conservation and public access bills that permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund and advances other key measures, edging hunters, anglers and other outdoor ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 8, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Senate bill follows introduction of House legislation, considers impacts of CWD on big-game populations   WASHINGTON – Public lands sportsmen and women welcomed the introduction this week of Senate legislation that addresses the growing threat chronic wasting disease poses to big game populations across North America.   Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Doug Jones (D-AL) and Michael Bennet ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 4, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Following today’s announcement by President Trump that he has nominated acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt as head of the Interior Department, BHA President and CEO Land Tawney offered this response: "David Bernhardt has been part of the Trump administration and consequently has played a key role in actions undertaken by the Interior Department over the ...

News for Immediate Release Feb. 1, 2019 Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Rebecca Triche, LWF, 225-362-9007, rebecca@lawildlifefed.org John Devney, Delta, 701-471-4235, jdevney@deltawaterfowl.org            Beaux Jones, Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC, 504-569-2900, bjones@bhbmlaw.com   Groups jointly file amicus brief in appeal of case that would affect managementof wildlife habitat, reduce public access at Catahoula Lake   BATON ROUGE, La. – ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 10, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Package of bills faces a challenging path forward, although the Senate’s use of a seldom-employed rule when introducing it could fast-track its advance   WASHINGTON – In defiance of the government shutdown that continues to impact federal workers and public lands, a broad-based package of public lands bills, including a measure that would revive the Land and Water Conservation Fund, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 7, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Increased logging and fuels reduction prescribed in executive order could reduce wildfire but increase disturbance in big game habitat, fisheries   WASHINGTON – Millions of acres of public lands big game habitat and fisheries overseen by the Interior and Agriculture departments will be subject to vaguely defined management practices intended to minimize wildfire under an executive ...

News for Immediate Release Jan. 28, 2019 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today   MISSOULA, Mont. – The newest edition of BHA’s quarterly publication, Backcountry Journal, has arrived in members’ and distributors’ mailboxes. This issue, featuring cover art by Ed Anderson, runs the gamut of public lands hunting and fishing in North ...

  News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 21, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262,  mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Following today’s breakdown of congressional budget negotiations that triggered the start of a government shutdown at midnight tonight, BHA President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following response: “Our public lands and waters and the critters that inhabit them rely on the stewardship of our federal land managers. The expertise, energy and commitment they ...