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Sep
2025
This is going to sound familiar and that’s because in December of 2024 we were successful in stopping the Michigan legislature from approving a $50 million dollar grant to the Copperwood mine. We need you to do it again! The Michigan legislature is currently considering a $50 million earmark to Wakefield Township for infrastructure for the Copperwood mine. If passed, this funding would pave the way for the mine to move forward, putting Lake Superior and our public lands at even greater risk. But there is still time to act. We urge you to join us in raising your voice against this dangerous proposal.
Categories: Chapter News, State Issues, Action Alerts
Tags: Public Lands & Waters, Michigan Chapter, Take Action, Chapter News, State Issues
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Categories: Media, News, Chapter News, Stewardship News
Tags: stewardship blog, New Mexico Chapter, New Mexico news, Chapter News
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Aug
Categories: News, Chapter News
Tags: New York Chapter, Chapter News
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Blog written by Charles Veith. This research was partially funded by a grant from the North Carolina Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Research like this should be used help make informed, science-based decisions in terms of regulations to help protect Southern Flounder populations.
Tags: North Carolina Chapter, Chapter News
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Tags: Nebraska Chapter, Chapter News
A bluebird day, good shooting, and even better company. On August 16, the Vermont Team of BHA’s New England Chapter gathered at the Northeast Kingdom Skeet & Sporting Clays Club in Burke, VT for our annual Bustin’ Clays with BHA—a fun morning on the course followed by lunch and fellowship.
Tags: New England Chapter, Chapter News
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Jul
Categories: Chapter News
Tags: Nebraska Chapter, Chapter News, State Issues
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June 21st, 2025 - Volunteers from the Montana and North Dakota chapters gathered in the "Big Gumbo" area just south of Marmarth, ND for part 2 of an ongoing stewardship effort in North Dakota's largest continuous swath of BLM land. In 2024 volunteers "inventoried" fence - mapping unknown fence lines on the map, meanwhile noting the composition and condition of the fence. This data was handed off to the local BLM field office, who then determined which fences posed a barrier to wildlife, ...
Tags: north dakota recap, stewardship blog, North Dakota Chapter, Chapter News
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By Don Rank HARRISBURG, PA, July 9, 2025 – This morning, at a small ceremony near the state capital, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law House Bill 1431. At last the ban on Sunday hunting has been lifted in Pennsylvania – a hard-earned victory for which Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and its Pennsylvania Chapter should take pride. History The inability to hunt on Sundays in Pennsylvania dates to the days when Ulysses S. Grant was president. Back then, it was one of many “Blue ...
Categories: Media, Chapter News, State Issues
Tags: Access & Opportunity, Pennsylvania Chapter, Hunting, Chapter News