Media Chapter News RECAP: Turkey Learn-to-Hunt with MN BHA and The Trust For Public Lands 5/9/2024 Forging New Traditions Through Unified Hunting Legacies Who will safeguard our public lands, waters, and wildlife if they remain unknown? The Minnesota Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers... Tags: Mentorship, Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News RECAP: NY BHA Amawalk/Muscoot River Arbor Day Tree Planting 5/8/2024 NY BHA in collaboration with NYC TU, and NY HOC held an Arbor Day Tree Planting Saturday, April 27, 2024 along the Amawalk/Muscoot River near the town of Amawalk, NY. We returned again this year... Tags: New York Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues CO BHA Chapter Newsletter Spring 2024 5/8/2024 “One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the spring.” -Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac There’s no other organization like Backcountry... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Volunteers Restore Habitat for Rio Grand Cutthroat Trout 5/7/2024 The Kirtland AFI club and New Mexico Chapter had an incredible time at the Annual Lincoln National Forest stream restoration project on April 20th! Our crew worked diligently to repair two small... Tags: Armed Forces Initiative, Habitat Stewardship, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues California’s New Era in Black Bear Conservation: A Science-Driven Approach with a Role for Hunters 5/6/2024 Bear hunting has been an integral part of California’s history since the Golden State was founded in 1850 and for thousands of years prior to colonization. In 2021 and 2022, anti-hunting groups... Tags: California Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues OH BHA Joins Partners to Take Legal Action Opposing Permitting Process 5/3/2024 History In 2011, a law was passed permitting natural gas drilling at state parks in Ohio. (Ohio Senate approves bill to allow oil and gas drilling at state parks). Largely due to public concern... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News Fish and Wildlife Commission Fail Wildlife, Collaboration in Cougar Rulemaking 5/2/2024 On the weekend of April 19th, while the Washington chapter accepted the George Bird Grinnell award at Rendezvous and volunteers labored to restore habitat along the Yakima River, the Fish and... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases Legislation to Restore Hunting to California’s Castle Mountains, Improve Public Land Management 5/2/2024 For Immediate Release May 2, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation to Restore Hunting to California’s Castle Mountains, Improve Public Land... Tags: media, Press Releases, California Chapter
Media Press Releases Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expanded Via Antiquities Act 5/2/2024 For Immediate Release May 2, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expanded Via Antiquities Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – ... Tags: media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Trout Unlimited laud expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 5/2/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2024 Contacts: Sam Davidson, Trout Unlimited, sdavidson@tu.org, 831-235-2542 Joel Weltzien, California BHA, weltzien@backcountryhunters.org,... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News RECAP: Maine BHA Skowhegan Fence Removal 4/30/2024 It was a very successful day at the Maine Skowhegan Fence Removal Project last Sunday April 28th. A small but feisty crew removed +1500’ of fence that was wrapped in invasive plants! The Maine... Tags: Habitat Stewardship, New England Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Board Member Dan Parkinson Receives Aldo Leopold Award 4/29/2024 Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) Board/Executive Leadership Team (ELT) member Dan Parkinson received the BHA Aldo Leopold Award for outstanding effort conserving terrestrial wildlife... Tags: Colorado Chapter