Media Press Releases California Public Lands Targeted for National Monument Designation 9/26/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Chuckwalla National Monument would span 660,000 acres of desert habitat with movement... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act Advances in U.S. Senate 9/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Made-in-Montana bill would protect important headwaters, facilitate timber harvests in... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 9/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest edition of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Chapter News Press Releases BHA Enters into New Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 9/20/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 20, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org USFWS will invest in restoration and fence removal, inventory and modification work in... Tags: media, Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Statement on Montana Gubernatorial Race, Busse Candidacy 9/19/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 18, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Ryan Busse, a former member and chair of Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases ‘Good Samaritan’ Senate Bill Would Enable Remediation of Abandoned Mines 9/13/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 13, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation heeds the calls of hunters, anglers for Congress to expediate cleanup of... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Alaska Public Lands, Habitat Conserved Following Administration Action 9/6/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 6, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Oil and gas leases cancelled in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, conservation activities... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Formalizes $2.5 Million Partnership Agreement with BLM to Elevate Habitat Stewardship 9/6/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 6, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Partnership invests Inflation Reduction Act dollars in projects across Western states... Tags: media, Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases Nevada Senators Urge Administrative Action to Conserve 350,000 Acres of Habitat in Ruby Mountains 8/25/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – A critical migration corridor for Nevada’s largest mule deer herd,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases New House Bill Would Triple Investment in Successful Public Access Program 8/15/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 15, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act would increase funding for VPA-HIP to $150... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Administration Designates Grand Canyon Monument 8/8/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 8, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Close to 1 million acres of public lands in Arizona permanently conserved via Antiquities... Tags: media, Press Releases, Arizona Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Launches CEO Search 8/3/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 3, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Search committee led by BHA board invites applicants to lead North American hunter and... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases National Monuments, A Net Gain for Hunters and Anglers 7/27/2023 News for Immediate Release July 27, 2023 Contact: Drew YoungeDyke, TU, 734-280-8909, drew.youngedyke@tu.org Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Noah Davis, TRCP,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases House Appropriations Makes Drastic, Reckless Funding Cuts to Public Lands Management 7/20/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 20, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill advances House committee, fails to consider... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Land Tawney, Longtime BHA President and CEO, Announces Departure 7/19/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Under Tawney’s leadership, BHA grew from a small, volunteer-based organization to the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases $500 Million to Be Invested in Wildlife Habitat and Lands Conservation 6/30/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org USDA’s Working Lands for Wildlife program is the beneficiary, key big game and upland... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Southern California Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Would Benefit Under Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 6/29/2023 LOS ANGELES – Conservation of critical fish and wildlife habitat in southern California could advance through President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains... Tags: media, Press Releases, California Chapter, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 6/28/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Public Water Access 6/6/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 5, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Court ruled against plaintiff Roger Hill, reversing progress in the fight for legal... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases Supreme Court Rules Against Clean Water, Wetlands 5/26/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 26, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA maintains that wetlands and other waters with a significant connection to traditional... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Idaho Chapter
Media Press Releases 1872 Mining Law Reform Legislation Launched in 118th Congress 5/19/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The bicameral Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act would impose industry royalties and fees,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana BHA and Partners Celebrate Bill that Defends Legal Public Access 5/19/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Montana’s House Bill 486 increases the fine 10X for illegally blocking public... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Chapter News Press Releases Colorado Supreme Court Considers Stream Access 5/3/2023 News for Immediate Release May 3, 2023 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA continues fight for public waters access in the Centennial State DENVER, Colo. –... Tags: media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases House Bills Would Weaken, Strip Funding from Land and Water Conservation Fund 4/28/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA roundly condemns suite of House bills that would undermine America’s most... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Arizona Chapter
Media Press Releases Inside the 'Public Access' Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 4/14/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 14, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The new issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine, featuring access-related... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Proposed ‘Public Lands Rule’ Defines Interior’s Conservation Strategy 3/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA commends administration’s ‘forward-looking, comprehensive’ management approach to... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Introduced in 118th Congress 3/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org U.S. Senate reinvigorates bipartisan push for state and Tribal conservation of at-risk... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous 3/30/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org An impressive slate of honorees receives BHA’s 2023 awards MISSOULA, Mont. – At the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues Southwest Public Lands Permanently Conserved Via Antiquities Act 3/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President Biden designates Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and Castner Range National... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Press Releases Administration Budget Invests in Programs, Jobs that Would Advance Public Lands Conservation 3/10/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 10, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org $6.8 trillion proposal for FY24 would increase public lands management funding by... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Senate Bill Would Conserve Corridors, Habitat in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains 3/8/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 8, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Ruby Mountains Protection Act would conserve 340,000-plus acres home to mule deer, sage... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Press Releases Bison Reintroduction Prioritized in Admin Plan for Public Lands Resiliency 3/3/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 3, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Department’s Restoration and Resilience Framework identifies strategic... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases New Mexico Public Lands, Habitat Would be Conserved in New Wilderness Bill 3/2/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 2, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Bicameral introduction of Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act commended by... Tags: media, Press Releases, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholds New Mexico Public Access Law 2/27/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 27, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The court declined to hear arguments from landowners challenging the public’s right to... Tags: media, Press Releases, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases Reintroduction of Bill for Permanent Protection of Boundary Waters Met With Support from Sportsmen’s Organizations 1/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act Would Ensure Public... Tags: media, Press Releases, Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region Receives Critical Protections 1/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org EPA Final Determination preemptively revokes Pebble Mine permit under Section 404(c) of... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases Milestone Decision Reached on Boundary Waters, Most Visited Wilderness Area in United States 1/26/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 26, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org Protections will Keep Pristine Wilderness Untouched for 20 Years WASHINGTON, D.C.—... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Minnesota Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Roadless Protections for Backcountry Lands in Southeastern Alaska Restored 1/25/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Roadless Areas in the Tongass National Forest offer irreplaceable big game habitat, host... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases EPA Takes Action to Conserve Clean Water, Wetlands, Healthy Habitat 1/5/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 5, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Final ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule integrates best available science, public input,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Congressional Budget Bill Increases Funding for Public Lands Management, Addresses Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease 12/20/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org $1.7 trillion omnibus bill would fund federal government through end of fiscal year... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 12/19/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 19, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Files Legal Brief in Federal Court Supporting ‘Corner Crossing’ 12/7/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public access to adjoining public lands via corner crossing is demonstrably legal, BHA... Tags: media, Press Releases, Wyoming Chapter
Media Press Releases Administration Pledges to Conserve Nevada Public Lands Via Antiquities Act 11/30/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 30, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President promises action to protect Avi Kwa Ame and surrounding region, which comprise... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Nevada Public Lands Could Receive National Monument Designation 11/18/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, spanning ancestral lands of 12 Indigenous tribes, would... Tags: media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Press Releases BLM Formalizes Approach to Conserving Wildlife Migration Corridors, Supporting Habitat Connectivity 11/15/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 15, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA applauds administration policy intended to protect important habitat, facilitate... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases BHA Commends Administration Designation of National Monument in Colorado 10/12/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 12, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument conserves valuable fish and wildlife... Tags: media, Press Releases, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases Applications Sought for BHA’s 2023 Outdoors for All Scholarship 10/4/2022 News for Immediate Release Oct. 4, 2022 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Scholarship awards help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 9/27/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases BHA CEO Appointed to Federal Committee to Advance Hunting, Conservation 9/23/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 23, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council advises the Interior and Agriculture... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Sagebrush Conservation Outlined in New Federal Management Plan 9/23/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 22, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Kevin Doherty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, kevin_doherty@fws.gov... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases What Motivates BHA’s Members? Conservation, Ethics, Tradition, Health 9/22/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 22, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA’s annual member survey highlights membership’s youth, political diversity,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues Montana Hunting and Conservation Groups Solidify Court Standing in Legal Defense of Elk Management 9/1/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sonya Smith, MWF, 406-417-9909, sonya@mtwf.org District court judge... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Skwala and BHA Launch Corporate Partnership 8/17/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Skwala and BHA Launch Corporate Partnership Skwala designs and produces technical... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Grasslands and Sagebrush Conservation Is Focus of New Senate Legislation 7/27/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The North American Grasslands Conservation Act, introduced today, would support the... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Public Land Advocates Appeal Anti-Access Ruling in Crazy Mountains Lawsuit 7/21/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 21, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Coalition of sportsmen-conservationists maintains the Forest Service is abdicating its... Tags: Montana Chapter, Policy, Press Releases
Media Press Releases HuntStand and BHA Launch Corporate Partnership 7/12/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 5, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org HuntStand offers indispensable toolset for hunting, habitat management and land... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Opposes House Bill That Would Strip Pittman-Robertson Funding 7/2/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The shortsighted legislation is drawing widespread condemnation from hunting industry... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Boundary Waters Conservation Advanced by Administration Action 6/24/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 24, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Lukas Leaf, SFBW, 612-270-6805, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org U.S. Forest Service... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Waters Access, Public Lands & Waters, Minnesota Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Awards Scholarships to Three Deserving Recipients 6/22/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 22, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA’s Outdoors for All scholarship helps young people with disabilities get... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Groups File Legal Brief in Supreme Court Supporting Stronger Clean Water Protections 6/17/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Wetlands with a significant connection to traditional navigable waters must be included... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 6/15/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 15, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases House of Representatives Advances 'Unprecedented' Wildlife Conservation Bill 6/14/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 14, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would annually invest $1.4 billion in state/tribal... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases New Hunting and Angling Opportunities Proposed for National Wildlife Refuges 6/9/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 9, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org USFWS requests public input on expanded opportunities on 19 refuges, affecting 54,000... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Montanans Intervene in Lawsuit Attacking State Management of Elk 6/1/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sonya Smith, MWF, 406-417-9909, sonya@mtwf.org The... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous 5/17/2022 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... Tags: Montana Chapter, media, Press Releases, Armed Forces Initiative, Arkansas Chapter, Collegiate Clubs, New England Chapter, North Carolina Chapter, Wyoming Chapter
Media Press Releases CWD Research, Management Bill Introduced in Senate 4/28/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation widely supported by hunting interests, Senate action follows House move to... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Congress Launches Bicameral Effort to Reform 1872 Mining Law 4/27/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act would institute royalties and fees on industry,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases MAPLand Act Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk 4/7/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 7, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – The Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act, or MAPLand Act, which would... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 3/18/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 18, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases House Passes MAPLand Act with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support 3/15/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 15, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MAPLand Act would modernize, digitize map records, increasing access opportunities for... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Chapter News Press Releases New Mexico Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Public Access to State Waters 3/1/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Court rules unanimously that ‘non-navigable regulation’ is unconstitutional, voids... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Waters Access, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, New Mexico Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Welcomes Williams Confirmation as USFWS Director 2/18/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 18, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Following a Senate voice vote last night confirming the nomination of... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Senate ‘Good Samaritan’ Bill Would Facilitate Cleanup of Abandoned Mines 2/3/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 3, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act was long requested by hunters... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Hunters and Anglers Commend Administration Action to Ensure Long-Term Protections for Boundary Waters 1/26/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 26, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Lukas Leaf, SFBW, 612-270-6805, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org WASHINGTON – A broad... Tags: Press Releases, Public Waters Access, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Administration Move to Conserve Arctic Reserve Draws Praise from BHA 1/12/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 11, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a move by the Biden... Tags: media, Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases Veterans Gain Access to Public Lands Via Measure in Defense Bill 12/15/2021 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... Tags: media, Press Releases, Armed Forces Initiative
Media Press Releases CWD Research, Management Bill Advanced by House of Representatives 12/8/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 8, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commended a vote by House of Representatives... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases House Votes to Advance $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill with Broad Implications for Public Lands and Waters 11/19/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 19, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Following months of negotiations, the U.S. House of Representatives today... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Advanced by House, Heads to President’s Desk 11/8/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 6, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – A massive legislative package focused on improving U.S. infrastructure and... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Nomination of Williams as USFWS Director 10/22/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 22, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.orgMISSOULA, Mont. – Following notice from the White House that Martha Williams has been... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases Administration Takes Action to Conserve Boundary Waters Wilderness Watershed, Sportsmen and Women Commend Decision 10/20/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 20, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Lukas Leaf, SFBW, 612-270-6805, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org WASHINGTON –... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Administration Decision to Reestablish National Monuments, Restore Integrity to Antiquities Act 10/8/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 8, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a decision by the Biden... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Appointment of Stone-Manning as BLM Director 9/30/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Responding to this evening’s Senate vote confirming Tracy... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Bristol Bay, Alaska, Home to World’s Largest Wild Salmon Fishery, Could Be Permanently Protected 9/9/2021 WASHINGTON – The fish- and wildlife-rich region of Bristol Bay, Alaska, could receive long-term protection from industrial mining in the wake of a decision made public today by the Biden... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Senate to Consider Recovering America’s Wildlife Act 7/20/2021 WASHINGTON – Targeted species conservation would receive a major annual funding boost via the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sens.... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 7/16/2021 MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is landing in mailboxes across North America. Venture out on summer... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Alaska Roadless Habitat Conserved, Local Economies Boosted in USDA Plan 7/15/2021 MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry roadless lands in the Tongass National Forest, a public lands crown jewel in southeast Alaska, will see conservation safeguards restored and new measures put in place... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Appointment of Moore as Forest Service Chief 6/30/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 30, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Following an announcement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases CVA and BHA Forge Corporate Partnership in Support of Public Lands and Hunting Traditions 6/24/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 24, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – CVA and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have formed a new partnership... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Honors Conservation Warriors with Annual Awards 6/22/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 22, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Standout sportsmen and women recognized at BHA Rendezvous for commitment to North... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Nomination of Daniel-Davis to Interior Department Leadership Post 6/18/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 18, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Reacting the nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis as Interior Assistant... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Sale of Arkansas Public Lands Cancelled Following BHA Pushback 6/15/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 15, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Arkansas chapter led opposition by sportsmen and women to sale of Pine Tree WDA,... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Nomination of Stone-Manning as BLM Director 4/23/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 22, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Reacting to President Joe Biden’s nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Introduced in 117th Congress 4/22/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 22, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org House of Representatives advances state and tribal conservation of at-risk species... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Bad Public Lands Bills Weighed by Congress; Sportsmen Decry Land Transfer Agenda 11/15/2016 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 15, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org House Natural Resources subcommittee met today to consider the legislation;BHA urges... Tags: Press Releases, news
Media Press Releases ALPS OutdoorZ Increases Support of BHA and Conservation 6/30/2016 News for Immediate Release June 29, 2016 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ALPS OutdoorZ Increases Support of BHA and Conservation Longstanding BHA-ALPS... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Statement Regarding Arrests in Oregon 2/8/2016 Following the arrests of armed militants who had been occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following... Tags: Press Releases, Oregon Chapter