Media Press Releases Backcountry Journal Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 4/10/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 16, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available... Tags: Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Winter 19' Teaser 1/1/2019 News for Immediate Release Jan. 28, 2019 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal The newest issue of Backcountry... Tags: Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases Backcountry Journal Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 12/19/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – The winter 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal is arriving in BHA members’ mailboxes in time for the holidays. Here are some highlights from this issue: Required Reading: We asked... Tags: Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases Administration Chops National Monuments, Panders to Energy Industry, Ignores Will of American People 12/4/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 4, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ‘Today is a dark day’ for America’s conservation legacy, says Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Wades into Legal Fight over Access to Famed Louisiana Lake 11/30/2017 Public lands sportsmen’s group files amicus brief in Crooks vs. State, which challenges traditional waterfowling opportunities at Catahoula Lake CENLA, La. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Maps Hunting Opportunity in At-Risk National Monuments 11/16/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 16, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interactive habitat maps reveal what’s at stake in administration's national monument... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases What Would Theodore Roosevelt Do? One Year after Election, BHA Measures Trump Administration 11/8/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 8, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org New website gauges administration’s track record in light of Trump’s promise to honor... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Senate Votes to Allow Arctic Refuge Drilling Despite Pushback from Sportsmen 10/20/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 19, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Senate Votes to Allow Arctic Refuge Drilling Despite Pushback from Sportsmen Surveys in... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Builds Eastern Muscle through Key Staff Additions 10/13/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 13, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Builds Eastern Muscle through Key Staff Additions New BHA hires in Northeast and... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Sportsmen and Outdoors Leaders Denounce Antiquities Act Takedown 10/11/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 11, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.orgCorley Kenna, Patagonia, 202-320-3921, Corley.Kenna@patagonia.com Ryan Callaghan,... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Interior Announces Changes in Sage Grouse Management; BHA Responds 10/6/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 11, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.orgCorley Kenna, Patagonia, 202-320-3921, Corley.Kenna@patagonia.com Ryan Callaghan,... Tags: Press Releases, Fish & Wildlife Management
Media Press Releases Interior Plans to Overhaul Sage Grouse Plans; BHA Responds 9/28/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 28, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Plans to Overhaul Sage Grouse Plans; BHA Responds MISSOULA, Mont. – In... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Zinke Accusations of Disloyalty Within Interior Staff 9/27/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 26, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Responds to Zinke Accusations of Disloyalty Within Interior Staff MISSOULA, Mont.... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Leaked Interior Report on National Monuments 9/18/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 17, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument, Photo: Bob Wick BLM MISSOULA, Mont. – In... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Commends Interior Commitment to Public Access 9/15/2017 Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, Photo: Bob Wick, BLM MISSOULA, Mont. – Following today’s announcement by the Interior Department of a secretarial order that focuses on expanding public... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Defends Public Waterfowl Hunting and Fishing Access at Famed Louisiana Lake 9/11/2017 News for Immediate Release Sept. 8, 2017 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262,mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Defends Public Waterfowl Hunting and Fishing Access at Famed Louisiana... Tags: media, Press Releases, Southeast Chapter
Media Press Releases Idaho Hunter Gets $500 Reward for Busting Motorized Gate Crashers 9/7/2017 News for Immediate Release Sept. 6, 2017 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262,mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Idaho Hunter Gets $500 Reward for Busting Motorized Gate Crashers BHA OHV Reward... Tags: media, Press Releases, Illegal Motorized Use
Media Press Releases Próis and BHA Launch Corporate Partnership 9/5/2017 News for Immediate Release Sept. 5, 2017 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262,mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Próis and BHA Launch Corporate Partnership Public lands conservation and access are... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Launches ‘Public Lands Month’ to Celebrate Great Places to Hunt and Fish 9/1/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 1, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Launches ‘Public Lands Month’ to Celebrate Great Places to Hunt and Fish National... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Interior Recommends Altering National Monuments Prized by Sportsmen and Women 8/24/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 24, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Secretary Zinke proposes ‘boundary changes’ to specific monuments, acknowledges broad... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases It’s Official: Oregon’s Elliott State Forest to Remain Publicly Accessible 8/18/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 18, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org It’s Official: Oregon’s Elliott State Forest to Remain Publicly Accessible Gov. Kate... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Poll: Western Voters Support Sage Grouse Conservation 8/4/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 4, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Poll: Western Voters Support Sage Grouse Conservation Poll of voters exclusively in... Tags: Press Releases, Fish & Wildlife Management
Media Press Releases ‘What Happened to Ryan Zinke?’ BHA Launches Ad Campaign 8/2/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 2, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ‘What Happened to Ryan Zinke?’ BHA Launches Ad Campaign Public lands sportsmen and women... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Podcasts BHA Launches ‘BHA’s Podcast & Blast’ with Hal Herring 7/25/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 25, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA Launches ‘BHA’s Podcast & Blast’ with Hal Herring Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Press Releases, Podcast
Media Press Releases Reports BHA Poll Shows Strong Public Opposition to Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 7/20/2017 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... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Reports
Media Press Releases BHA Launches Hike to Hunt Challenge 7/19/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 20, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ‘Get fit, win prizes, support public lands’ MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases As Public Comment Period Ends, Sportsmen Speak up for National Monuments 7/11/2017 Valuable fish and wildlife habitat, unique hunting and fishing opportunities at stake as administration deliberates the future of 27 monuments MISSOULA, Mont. – As the Trump administration... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Report Finds Sage Grouse, Energy Development Can Coexist 6/13/2017 New analysis shows minimal overlap of sage grouse habitat with areas suited to energy development, confirms impact of sage grouse conservation plans on energy industry is negligible WASHINGTON –... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Interior Attempt to Unravel National Monuments 6/12/2017 WASHINGTON – Following Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s announcement today of recommendations that would undermine Bears Ears National Monument in Utah – reducing the size of the monument and... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Zinke Pushes Continued Collaboration on Sage Grouse Work; Sportsmen Urge Interior to Stay the Course 6/9/2017 Secretarial order announced today triggers 60-day review of current conservation efforts WASHINGTON – Following the announcement this afternoon by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of a secretarial... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues Alaska Sportsmen Criticize Public Lands Seizure Bill 5/19/2017 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Alaska chapter is levying criticism against a bill being considered by the state legislature that would enable the state’s seizure of all... Tags: Press Releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases House Public Lands Transfer Bill Abandoned 5/17/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Following comments by Rep. Mark Amodei that he won’t be reviving a controversial bill that would have transferred public lands in Nevada to state ownership, Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Boundary Waters Wilderness Faces New Threats with Renewed Attempts to Develop Mines 5/15/2017 ELY, Minn. – Public lands sportsmen today strongly criticized efforts by a Minnesota lawmaker to reignite a controversial proposal by an international mining company to develop large-scale copper... Tags: Press Releases, Minnesota Chapter
Media Press Releases Elliott State Forest to Remain Publicly Accessible 5/9/2017 SALEM, Ore. – A victory for public access and hunting and fishing opportunity was achieved this afternoon when the Oregon state land board voted unanimously to keep the Elliott State Forest under... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Mentorship
Media Press Releases Hunting, Fishing Businesses Unite in Support of National Monuments 5/9/2017 WASHINGTON – More than 100 hunting and fishing business owners and sporting organizations sent a letter today to Congress to show their support for national monuments and the responsible use of... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Slam House Bill Limiting Public Lands Acquisitions 5/1/2017 WASHINGTON – A bill that would inhibit the strategic acquisition of public lands and waters for access, recreation and fish and wildlife habitat is drawing strong criticism from Backcountry... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases YETI’s O’Brien Joins BHA National Board 4/27/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers continues to strengthen and diversify its leadership with the election of Ben O’Brien to BHA’s national board of directors. O’Brien is currently the... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Prepare to Defend Hunting and Fishing Opportunities from Sweeping National Monuments Review 4/26/2017 WASHINGTON – National fishing and hunting groups today expressed concern about an administration decision to review recent use of the Antiquities Act to conserve public lands and waters, warning... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Backcountry Journal Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 4/19/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – The spring 2017 issue of Backcountry Journal is arriving in BHA members’ mailboxes this week. Here’s a taste of what you'll find inside: Missouri River on the Fly: Renowned... Tags: Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
Media Press Releases BHA Launches Four New Chapters in U.S., Canada 4/19/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Sportsmen and women across North America are rising up in support of public lands and the outdoor opportunities they represent, founding new chapters of Backcountry Hunters &... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Public Lands Sportsmen Honored at BHA Rendezvous 4/14/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – At Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ 6th annual North American Rendezvous, seven sportsman-conservation leaders were awarded BHA’s highest honors, recognizing exceptional efforts in... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Public Lands Hunters and Anglers Mobilize at BHA Rendezvous 4/12/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ 2017 North American Rendezvous showcased the growing grassroots presence that is BHA and public lands sportsmen and women, drawing unprecedented... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases State Issues Oregonians Applaud as Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Bill Advances in U.S. Senate 3/30/2017 PORTLAND, Ore. – A bill that would conserve more than 100,000 acres in Douglas County, Oregon, took another step forward today as it passed out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural... Tags: Press Releases, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Senate Advance of Perdue as Agriculture Secretary 3/23/2017 WASHINGTON – Following a hearing today by the Senate Agriculture Committee to advance the nomination of former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as Agriculture secretary, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Commends Effort to Keep Elliott State Forest Publicly Accessible 3/20/2017 SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is commending a decision by the Oregon state legislature to consider a bill that could keep the Elliott State Forest under state... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Addresses Cuts to Public Lands, Access in President’s Budget 3/16/2017 TODAY: BHA President and CEO to answer questions from media, grassroots on budget proposal, negative repercussions for wildlife, public lands, hunting and fishing MISSOULA, Mont. – Following the... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA's North American Rendezvous Returns to Montana 3/15/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – As the days lengthen and temperatures warm in western Montana, sportsmen from across the continent will be traveling to Missoula in support of our public lands and the outdoor... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Celebrate 114th Anniversary of Refuge System 3/14/2017 Pictured: Pronghorn at rest, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Tom Koerner, USFWS MISSOULA, Mont. – America’s national wildlife refuges have provided generations of sportsmen with equal... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Senate Vote Scuttling Public Lands Planning Rule 3/7/2017 WASHINGTON – Following today’s vote by the U.S. Senate to withdraw Planning 2.0, updated Bureau of Land Management planning policies affecting 245 million acres of public lands, Backcountry... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Zinke's Public Land Order 3/3/2017 WASHINGTON – Following Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s signing late yesterday of a secretarial order expanding public access and hunting and fishing opportunities on U.S. public lands,... Tags: Press Releases
Media Press Releases Idaho Sportsmen Unite in Response to Public Lands Attacks 3/3/2017 BOISE, Idaho – Sportsmen and other public landowners in Idaho are uniting in support of public lands, joining together to rally at the Idaho Capitol this Saturday and send a clear message about... Tags: Press Releases, Idaho Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Iconic Oregon Public Lands Would be Conserved in New Legislation 3/1/2017 WASHINGTON – Approximately 100,000 acres of Oregon public lands backcountry – including riparian wildlife habitat and a unique steelhead fishery – will be permanently conserved if legislation... Tags: Press Releases, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases Kelly, Young Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ National Board 3/1/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Heather Kelly and J.R. Young have joined the national board of directors of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, bringing passion and expertise in backcountry nutrition, adventure and... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Sportsmen Welcome Move to Conserve Colorado’s Thompson Divide 3/1/2017 WASHINGTON – Acknowledging years of collaborative, community-driven efforts to permanently conserve valuable backcountry habitat in Colorado’s Thompson Divide, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Press Releases, Armed Forces Initiative, Habitat Stewardship, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases Statement of sportsmen and women who support an effective Clean Water Act regarding today’s Trump Administration Executive Order on the Clean Water Rule. 2/28/2017 The Trump Administration is undermining the Clean Water Act. American sportsmen and women call on the Administration to protect headwater streams and valuable wetlands, keystones of America’s... Tags: Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship
Media Press Releases Utah Backpedals on Lawsuit Seeking Control of Public Lands 2/24/2017 Following increasing pressure by sportsmen and others to keep public lands under public ownership, state legislators announce decision to amend suit, which would have cost Utah taxpayers $14... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to House Public Lands Resolution 2/17/2017 WASHINGTON – Following today’s introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of a bipartisan resolution affirming the value of America’s public lands, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Recording of BHA Press Event on HR 622 2/8/2017 On Jan. 24, Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced the Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act (H.R. 622) in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 622 would eliminate federal law enforcement... Tags: Press Releases, Illegal Motorized Use, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Following Pressure from Sportsmen, Bad Public Lands Bill Abandoned 2/2/2017 Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced decision to abandon H.R. 621, which would have seized millions of acres of public lands and waters WASHINGTON - Following pressure from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases BHA Statement on Zinke Hearing 1/17/2017 WASHINGTON – As members of the Senate meet this afternoon to hold a hearing on Rep. Ryan Zinke, nominated as secretary of the Interior by the Trump administration, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Stream Access Weighed by Utah Supreme Court 1/13/2017 Public opportunities to legally fish, hunt or float Utah waterways could be decided this week SALT LAKE CITY – Years of legal uncertainty surrounding public access of Utah streams and... Tags: media, Press Releases, Public Waters Access, news, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases State Issues U.S. House Reignites Effort to Save LWCF 1/12/2017 Bill introduced today would permanently reauthorize popular, effective conservation program WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this morning would... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Pennsylvania Chapter, Arizona Chapter
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Celebrate Landmark Badger-Two Medicine Protection 1/10/2017 Final lease retirements safeguard critical fish and wildlife habitat, culminate decades-long effort by hunters, anglers, others HELENA, Mont. – Montana hunters and anglers are celebrating... Tags: media, Press Releases, Habitat Stewardship, news
Media Press Releases House of Representatives Passes Public Lands Transfer Provision; Sportsmen Push Back 1/4/2017 Measure recalculates costs of public lands transfers, facilitating giveaways WASHINGTON — The 115th Congress capped its first day late Tuesday with a vote to give away America’s public lands and... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity
Media Press Releases Weatherby and BHA Announce Corporate Partnership 12/21/2016 Public land traditions, opportunities and access form the center point of a new alliance MISSOULA, Mont. — Weatherby and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announce the launch of a corporate... Tags: media, Press Releases, news
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Boundary Waters Mining Leases Denied, Sportsmen Celebrate 12/15/2016 Massive sulfide-ore copper mine would have jeopardized the region’s fish and wildlife, outdoor opportunities; leases were strongly opposed by sportsmen ELY, Minn. – Public lands sportsmen today... Tags: Press Releases, Minnesota Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Response to Zinke Selection as Interior Secretary 12/13/2016 MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Ryan Zinke as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued... Tags: Press Releases, news
Media Press Releases BHA Response to McMorris Rodgers’ Nomination as Interior Secretary 12/9/2016 MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s expected nomination of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and... Tags: Press Releases, news
Media Press Releases Wyoming Rejects Land Trade; Sportsmen Claim Victory 12/1/2016 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 1, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org State land board unanimously votes to scuttle proposal, which would have eliminated... Tags: Press Releases, news