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 White House Budget Strongly Condemned by Public Lands Sportsmen 5/23/2017 News for Immediate ReleaseMay 23, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org White House Budget Strongly Condemned by Public Lands Sportsmen Administration budget... Tags: Press Releases, news
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