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22

Oct

2025

New England Massachusetts Team, Learn to Clam and Representing Hunters at the Capital

New England Massachusetts Team, Learn to Clam and Representing Hunters at the Capital
Author: New England BHA Chapter
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16

Sep

2025

Atlantic Striped Bass Draft Addendum III

Raise your voice for options that will best position the fishery to recover by the 2029 deadline.

Atlantic Striped Bass Draft Addendum III
Author: Brian Bird

The Atlantic striped bass was declared overfished in 2019, prompting the implementation of a rebuilding plan aimed at restoring the stock to its target spawning stock biomass by 2029. 

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Tags: New Jersey Chapter, New York Chapter, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, New England Chapter, North Carolina Chapter, Pennsylvania Chapter

10

Sep

2025

Maine BHA Assists MDIFW in Opening New Land to Hunting and Trapping

Maine BHA Assists MDIFW in Opening New Land to Hunting and Trapping
Author: Brian Bird

Volunteers with Maine BHA joined Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife staff to remove POSTED signs, install WMA boundary markers, and clean roadside trash.

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Tags: Habitat Stewardship, New England Chapter, Access & Opportunity

17

Aug

2025

VT Bustin’ Clays with BHA — Event Recap

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VT Bustin’ Clays with BHA — Event Recap
Author: Brian Bird

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.

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1

Jul

2025

State Policy Spotter

State Policy Spotter
Author: Anonym

This is your October edition of BHA's State Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting our wild public lands, waters and wildlife across North America.

Note - this is not a comprehensive list of legislation or issues that chapters are working on, but rather a spotlight in the moment of what is moving. There are many more bills and issues BHA's chapters are grappling with so be sure to check out individual chapter pages for more news and updates.

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Tags: Montana Chapter, Florida Chapter, Illinois Chapter, Policy, media, New England Chapter, Utah Chapter, Idaho Chapter

30

Jun

2025

VT Team, Meet to Strategize Policy and Events

VT Team, Meet to Strategize Policy and Events
Author: Matt Breton
On the morning of June 15th, members of the VT BHA leadership team met at Green River Reservoir. After a brief parking lot link up, we paddled to a day use site. Important issues were tackled, and in typical BHA fashion, the first concerns were fishing and food. Bass were caught. Moose sausage and beaver backstrap were the wild meats on hand and were quickly consumed. Also on the menu, local strawberries and pickled fiddleheads. For those wondering, beaver is delicious!  After settling ...
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18

Jun

2025

New England Chapter Opposes Watered-Down CRMC Reform Bills in Rhode Island

New England Chapter Opposes Watered-Down CRMC Reform Bills in Rhode Island
Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter
For the last several years the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has advocated to reform Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). After first weighing in in 2022, BHA’s Rhode Island team elevated the issue as a top policy priority in 2024 and 2025 and has participated in every public input opportunity related to the Council’s structure since then. During their 2025 legislative session several CRMC reform bills have been considered by RI’s General ...
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24

Apr

2025

Women's Tenkara Fly Fishing 101 with CT DEEP

Women's Tenkara Fly Fishing 101 with CT DEEP
Author: New England BHA Chapter
This is a hands-on Tenkara Fly Fishing workshop with a day of instruction to learn basic understanding and practice techniques. Our organizers are from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), Becoming and Outdoors Woman (BOW) and Heritage Tenkara Project, share a similar mission: We believe everyone should have access to nature; and fly fishing is a wonderful way to get out, connect with our environment, spend time with friends, and explore! We love all things wild and want to provide a ...
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9

Apr

2025

RI BHA Sponsors 2025 Youth Mentored Turkey Hunt

RI BHA Sponsors 2025 Youth Mentored Turkey Hunt
Author: New England BHA Chapter
RI BHA Sponsors 2025 Youth Mentored Turkey Hunt For the second year in a row BHA’s New England Chapter is sponsoring the RI Youth Mentored Wild Turkey Hunt coordinated by The Light Foundation and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Fish & Wildlife Division. This joint initiative takes place during Rhode Island’s youth turkey weekend in late April, and brings families, landowners, and mentors together to support the youth who participate in the hunt. “BHA’s New England ...
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24

Mar

2025

CT BHA Comments on Sunday Hunting and Bear Hunting

CT BHA Comments on Sunday Hunting and Bear Hunting
Author: New England BHA Chapter
BHA submitted online testimony in reference to two bills up for public hearing in the Connecticut General Assembly Environment Committee today (3/24/25).   Connecticut is one of the few states that still have a "blue law" of not allowing hunting on Sunday.  H.B. No. 7231, An Act Concerning Sunday Hunting, aims to repeal existing prohibitions against Sunday hunting, thereby expanding opportunities for hunters within the state. Taking all the various hunting seasons into account, upwards of 25 ...
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