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 Backcountry Journal Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 1/10/2017 The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The winter issue of Backcountry Journal is arriving in BHA members’ mailboxes now. Here’s a... Tags: media, Press Releases, Backcountry Journal
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 Press Releases State Issues BHA Urges Innovation to Keep Elliott State Forest Publicly Accessible 12/20/2016 Following state land board decision to postpone the Elliott’s sale, sportsmen speak up on behalf of Oregon’s oldest state forest KEIZER, Ore. – Oregon hunters and anglers are commending a decision... Tags: Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Oregon Chapter
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