Media Publications State Issues The Elliot State Forest: Keep it Public! 3/4/2016 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... Tags: Oregon Chapter, access, Oregon Blog, issues, publications
Media Chapter News Publications State Issues Conserving Greater Sage Grouse: A Sportsmen's Priority 3/4/2016 Tags: Arizona Chapter, habitat, publications, media, sage grouse
Media Publications BHA White Paper: Impacts of ATVs on the Landscape and Wildlife 2/19/2016 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,... Tags: Alaska Chapter, OHV, publications
Media Publications National Monuments Report 2/19/2016 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... Tags: publications, monuments
Media Publications State Issues Sportsman Report: Our Public Lands are Not for Sale 2/19/2016 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... Tags: featured, Alaska Chapter, issues, publications
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Statement on Arrest of Cliven Bundy 2/11/2016 MISSOULA, Mont. - In the wake of the arrest in Oregon of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada scofflaw and leader of a movement to seize public lands from the American people, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: press releases, Oregon Chapter, public lands, Oregon Blog, issues, keepitpublic, media
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Statement Regarding Arrests in Oregon 2/8/2016 Following the arrests of armed militants who had been occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following... Tags: press releases, Oregon Chapter
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Call for Patience, Law and Order on Pubic Lands in Oregon 1/4/2016 MISSOULA, Mont. - The sportsmen's group Backcountry Hunters & Anglers urged cool, patient heads to prevail in the extremists' occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, valuable public... Tags: press releases, Oregon Chapter, public lands, issues, keepitpublic, media
Media Press Releases Dismantling of Land & Water Conservation Fund Strongly Criticized by Sportsmen 11/5/2015 BHA rejects proposal from congressional fringe that would gut 50-year-old conservation, access program WASHINGTON - Legislation introduced this morning would dismantle the Land and Water... Tags: press releases, access, public lands, lwcf, issues, media
Media Press Releases State Issues Oregon BHA Spearheads Efforts to Ban Drones for Hunting 5/1/2015 SALEM, Ore. – Proponents of fair chase hunting are celebrating a success in the Beaver State as the Oregon Senate advances legislation that would ban the use of drones for hunting and... Tags: Fair Chase, press releases, Oregon Chapter, issues, media, drones
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Advances Wyoming Effort to Ban Drones, Aircraft in Hunting 3/31/2015 Wyoming Game & Fish Department considering new rule to prohibit both manned and unmanned aircraft for scouting and hunting A sportsmen-led campaign to uphold fair chase hunting in Wyoming is... Tags: Fair Chase, press releases, Wyoming Chapter, issues, drones
Media Press Releases Will Congress Show Respect for Hunters and Anglers in Third Attempt at Sportsmen’s Act? 3/12/2015 by Bob Marshall The Senate this month has been considering the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015. So sportsmen have cause to wonder which of these two clichés will apply: A) The third... Tags: the campfire, press releases