Media Chapter News Ohio BHA Chapter 2025 Spring Newsletter 3/3/2025 The Ohio BHA Chapter has been busy this winter creating impactful plans across Ohio. Check out the 2025 Newsletter below! Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues OH BHA Joins Partners to Take Legal Action Opposing Permitting Process 5/3/2024 History In 2011, a law was passed permitting natural gas drilling at state parks in Ohio. (Ohio Senate approves bill to allow oil and gas drilling at state parks). Largely due to public concern... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News 2023 Muster in the Marsh Recap 8/3/2023 "Muster" is a verb. To muster anything takes action, and being the hunters and anglers we are, it’s our nature to do just that. We push ourselves to the limit and give our all for the things we... Tags: media, Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News Comment Period Ending Soon for Fracking on Ohio Public Lands 7/11/2023 Fracking public lands in Ohio comment period ending soon!by Gabe Karns and Dustin LindleyAs has been detailed in past posts "Beat the Chicken Bill" and "Public Comment Period Needed", we have been... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News Ohio BHA Summer Policy Update 5/23/2023 OH BHA Chapter Leader Tony Ruffing heads to D.C. While we're looking forward to our big summer party, Muster in the Marsh, we're also keeping a close eye on developments in Columbus. Our... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News OH BHA Spring Update 3/29/2023 The sun is shining today, but it's gonna dump buckets of rain soon and the rivers will swell and get that coffee-with-creamer look to them. It's spring in Ohio, the days are getting longer and... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News It's a ruff life: Grouse in Ohio 3/7/2023 By Gabe Karns, Levi Arnold, and Dustin Lindley In the pantheon of game animals, ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) occupy a unique position. They're a smallish game bird, reclusive and skittish,... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Public Comment Period Needed BEFORE Oil/Gas Development - We need Draft Rule 155-01-1 2/3/2023 Over a decade ago, the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission was created within the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to oversee oil and gas leases on public land in the Buckeye State. In the... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Beyond the Cast 10/29/2020 Ohio BHA's Policy & Advocacy Committee hopes you follow our journey as we learn about the impacts of lead in hunting and angling, confront our own misconceptions about the subject, and consider... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News Ohio BHA Comments on HB 553 5/18/2020 Restricting the Ohio Division of Wildlife as the state agency to manage the very resources it is charged with managing is a misstep. Singling out the Chief of the Division of Wildlife and removing... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Ohio BHA urges responsible public lands use during health crisis 4/3/2020 Dear Ohio BHA Members, Over the last few days, many have found themselves nervously perusing different states’ fish and game websites to see what the latest responses are to the COVID19... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues The Ohio Chapter weighs in on Forest Managment in Wayne National Forest 3/23/2020 In a recent blog post, we highlighted the Ohio Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers participation in the Wayne National Forest's Forest Plan Revision process - it is a lengthy process of... Tags: Ohio Chapter