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 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 Chapter News "On The Wild Edge" DVD Trailer 7/25/2016 David Petersen DVD Documentary (“On The Wild Edge”) Released David “Elkheart” Petersen, of Durango, founder of the Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (the first BHA state chapter), recently... Tags: media, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Unlocking Landlocked Public Lands 3/14/2016 Each year, America’s 40 million hunters and anglers contribute $200 billion to the national economy, and support millions of American jobs. Hunting and fishing aren’t mere pastimes, they are... Tags: media, Michigan Chapter, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Colorado BHA Op-Ed: Transferring Federal Public Lands to States Bad for Hunters and Anglers 3/11/2016 As a big game hunter who (like over 90% of Colorado sportsmen) hunts public lands, the recent push by some elected officials and big-industry groups to transfer our federal public lands to state... Tags: media, Press Releases, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Top Five Reasons Why Transferring Our Public Lands to State Ownership is a Bad Idea 3/8/2016 States manage their lands to make money, not to provide opportunities for recreation. States can’t afford to manage our public lands and would be forced to either raise taxes (a nonstarter) or... Tags: media, Michigan Chapter, Access & Opportunity, Public Lands & Waters
Media Chapter News Reports State Issues Conserving Greater Sage Grouse: A Sportsmen's Priority 3/4/2016 Tags: media, Habitat Stewardship, Fish & Wildlife Management, Reports, Arizona Chapter