Lawsuit Filed to Cement the Legality of Corner Crossing in Montana Lawsuit Filed to Cement the Legality of Corner Crossing in Montana Devin O'Dea / Thursday, May 14, 2026 North American News Press Releases Federal Issues State Issues Montana Chapter Policy Access & Opportunity Read more
Congress Undoes Boundary Waters Protections Despite Public Opposition Congress Undoes Boundary Waters Protections Despite Public Opposition Nadia Marji / Thursday, April 16, 2026 North American News Press Releases Policy Public Lands & Waters North American News Federal Issues Read more
Senate Committee Advances BLM Director Nomination; Full Senate Vote Next Senate Committee Advances BLM Director Nomination; Full Senate Vote Next Nadia Marji / Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Media News Press Releases Federal Issues Policy Fish & Wildlife Management North American News Federal Issues Read more
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Condemns Effort to Roll Back Public Lands Rule Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Condemns Effort to Roll Back Public Lands Rule Nadia Marji / Friday, September 12, 2025 North American News Press Releases Federal Issues Policy Press Releases Public Lands & Waters North American News Read more
Public Hunting, Fishing Expanded on 16 National Wildlife Refuges Public Hunting, Fishing Expanded on 16 National Wildlife Refuges Nadia Marji / Monday, September 8, 2025 North American News Press Releases Federal Issues Policy Press Releases Access & Opportunity North American News Read more
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Welcomes Confirmation of Brian Nesvik as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Welcomes Confirmation of Brian Nesvik as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Nadia Marji / Wednesday, August 6, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2025 Contact: Media@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. —Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today applauded the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Brian Nesvik as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). A seasoned wildlife manager, lifelong hunter, former warden, and most recently Chief Law Enforcement and Director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Nesvik brings decades of experience in wildlife management and conservation ... Media Press Releases Policy media Press Releases Read more
Supreme Court Could Determine Access to 8 Million Acres of Public Lands Supreme Court Could Determine Access to 8 Million Acres of Public Lands Nadia Marji / Monday, July 21, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—With more than 8 million acres of public lands on the line, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is once again mobilizing hunters, anglers, and public land owners to help fund the final legal battle in what may be the most pivotal public lands case of this generation. Iron Bar Holdings, LLC, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark decision by the 10th Circuit Court of ... Media Chapter News Press Releases Issues State Issues Policy Press Releases Access & Opportunity Colorado Chapter Wyoming Chapter Utah Chapter New Mexico Chapter Kansas Chapter Oklahoma Chapter North American News Read more
Public Land Sell-Off in Senate Defeated After National Uprising by Hunters, Anglers, Public Land Advocates Public Land Sell-Off in Senate Defeated After National Uprising by Hunters, Anglers, Public Land Advocates Nadia Marji / Saturday, June 28, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2026 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org Washington, D.C.—Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is celebrating the announcement that Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) controversial public lands disposal provision has been formally withdrawn from the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. This reversal follows a wave of national opposition—led by BHA members and supporters across all 50 states—who mobilized and ... Media Press Releases Policy media Press Releases Read more
USDA Rescinds Near Quarter Century Old Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands USDA Rescinds Near Quarter Century Old Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands Nadia Marji / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont.—Backcountry Hunters & Anglers strongly opposes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to roll back the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule—removing long-standing protections for 58.5 million acres of national forest lands across 39 states. For 24 years, the Roadless Rule has provided bedrock safeguards some of America’s most remote and ecologically valuable public lands from ... Media Press Releases Policy media Press Releases Read more
Utah Sportsmen’s Organizations and Businesses Unite in Opposing Public Land Sales Utah Sportsmen’s Organizations and Businesses Unite in Opposing Public Land Sales Nadia Marji / Monday, June 23, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2025 CONTACT: media@backcountryhunters.org SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Twenty-one Utah-based sportsmen’s organizations and over 50 Utah-based businesses in the hunting and fishing industries have signed on to a coalition letter opposing the sale of federal public lands included in the current version of the budget reconciliation bill. The letter, requesting that the sale of public lands be removed from the bill completely, was addressed to Utah Senators Mike ... Media Press Releases Policy media Press Releases Read more