Last fall, Colorado state agencies opened 100,000 acres of Colorado state trust land to hunters and anglers to kick off the 2019 hunting season. In 2020 we are looking forward to gaining public access to an additional 200,000 acres of Colorado state trust land for hunting and fishing under a program managed by Colorado state agencies. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado State Land Board have nominated state trust land properties that they are considering for addition to the ...

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20

Jul

2017

BHA Poll Shows Strong Public Opposition to Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Author: SuperUser Account

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 20, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Sizable majorities in two key states – Arizona and Colorado – oppose drilling in fish and wildlife-rich refuge MISSOULA, Mont. – Polls commissioned in Arizona and Colorado by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers show strong public opposition to energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. In Arizona, 61 percent of voters opposed the proposal, along with 58 percent of ...

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Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Reports

3

Nov

2016

Infographic: Legislation Honors Two Oregon Icons

Author: Oregon BHA Chapter

Oregon BHA is working to advance legislation that would permanently protect more than 100,000 acres of public lands within the Steamboat Creek Watershed. Learn more about this unique steelhead fishery and roadless backcountry hunting destination – and what we're doing to protect it – by checking out this infographic. Want to get more involved? Sign-up here.

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Tags: Armed Forces Initiative, Reports, Oregon Chapter

4

Mar

2016

The Elliot State Forest: Keep it Public!

Author: Oregon BHA Chapter

Oregon’s 82,500-acre Elliott State Forest is well known by sportsmen and women for the coveted public access it provides to high quality hunting and fishing. Roosevelt elk, blacktail deer and wild populations of salmon, steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout call the old growth timber and cold, clean waters home. Established in 1930 as Oregon��s first state forest, the Elliott was dedicated to provide a sustainable source of timber revenue to Oregon schools. Unfortunately, the Elliott stands ...

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4

Mar

2016

Conserving Greater Sage Grouse: A Sportsmen's Priority

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

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19

Feb

2016

BHA White Paper: Impacts of ATVs on the Landscape and Wildlife

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

The following BHA white paper provides a synthesis of research on the impacts that motorized use has on the landscape and wildlife. The white paper is broken up into three sections: 1) soils, water quality and vegetation 2) wildlife 3) the habitat and environment upon which wildlife depend upon.

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19

Feb

2016

National Monuments Report

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

In conjunction with Trout Unlimited, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and dozens of other conservation groups and outdoors businesses, BHA produced a report on our nation's national monuments to highlight the incredible hunting and fishing values these protected areas have to offer. Written by Field & Stream's contributing editor Hal Herring, the report highlights five national monuments and the sportsmen who hunt and fish in them. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, NM; Berryessa Snow ...

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19

Feb

2016

Sportsman Report: Our Public Lands are Not for Sale

Author: Arkansas BHA Chapter

This report details how the proposed transfer, or sale, of America’s federal public lands would negatively affect sportsmen and women in the United States. A growing number of western state legislators and federal elected officials are advocating for the transfer or all out sale of federal public lands. This report highlights how these ideas are nothing new and if they come to pass, how detrimental they would be to America’s sportsmen and women, ultimately resulting in loss of access to ...

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