Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Veterans Give Back Through Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Nadia Marji / Friday, July 18, 2025 For Immediate Release: July 18, 2025 For Information Contact: Valerie DiMarzio, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, vdimarzio@cbf.org Alena Billingsley, Armed Forces Initiative, afimarketing@backcountryhunters.org ANNAPOLIS, MD—In a triumph for outdoor stewardship and clean water, roughly a dozen U.S. veterans and servicemembers joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) this week to restore oyster habitat in Maryland and Virginia. Both events were part of a larger Chesapeake Bay fishing ... Media Chapter News Stewardship News Press Releases media Press Releases Armed Forces Initiative Habitat Stewardship Mid-Atlantic Chapter Public Lands & Waters Read more
BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous Katie McKalip / Tuesday, May 17, 2022 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers bestowed its top honors on a suite of deserving recipients at the 11th annual BHA North American Rendezvous, held in Missoula, Montana, May 12-14. BHA’s annual awards honor unequalled commitment, tireless effort and ongoing dedication to public lands and waters, fish and wildlife and hunting and fishing. BHA's Collegiate Club members ... Media Chapter News Press Releases Montana Chapter media Press Releases Armed Forces Initiative Arkansas Chapter Collegiate Clubs New England Chapter North Carolina Chapter Wyoming Chapter Read more
Veterans Gain Access to Public Lands Via Measure in Defense Bill Veterans Gain Access to Public Lands Via Measure in Defense Bill Katie McKalip / Wednesday, December 15, 2021 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 15, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Military veterans and Gold Star families will gain lifetime access to thousands of federal recreation areas thanks to language included in the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate voted to advance today. Led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and John Boozman (R-AR) and Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the ... Media Press Releases media Press Releases Armed Forces Initiative Read more
Sportsmen Welcome Move to Conserve Colorado’s Thompson Divide Sportsmen Welcome Move to Conserve Colorado’s Thompson Divide SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 1, 2017 WASHINGTON – Acknowledging years of collaborative, community-driven efforts to permanently conserve valuable backcountry habitat in Colorado’s Thompson Divide, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers welcomed the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate that would withdraw the area from future mineral development. Introduced by Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, the bill would limit future industrial development on approximately 172,000 acres of public lands and waters located just west of ... Media Chapter News Press Releases Press Releases Armed Forces Initiative Habitat Stewardship Colorado Chapter Read more