Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is proud to announce that Ryan “Cal” Callaghan—longtime BHA supporter, former chair of BHA’s North American Board, and current vice president of conservation at MeatEater—has been named incoming president and CEO of BHA, effective January 1, 2026.

“I’m committed to building on the momentum of the incredible BHA community as a nonpartisan voice leading the charge for conservation."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   May 22, 2025     Contact:   media@backcountryhunters.org    Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Stands by its Position: Corner Crossing is NOT a Crime  Iron Bar Holdings Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Review Corner Crossing Ruling    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is responding today to news that Iron Bar Holdings, LLC will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the landmark corner crossing ...

On August 25, 2004, the Wyoming Attorney General’s office issued an opinion that corner crossing does not violate the state’s “hunter trespass” law. On April 29, 2022, after less than two hours of deliberation, a Carbon County jury found four Missouri hunters not guilty of Wyoming’s criminal trespass law for corner crossing to access public land to harvest elk. The reality is: in Wyoming, no hunter has ever been found guilty of criminal trespass by a jury of their peers for corner ...