Media Chapter News Public lands are not to be gifted to foreign mining billionaires. 7/7/2025 “Public lands are not to be gifted to foreign mining billionaires.” Duluth News Tribune: 6/29/25. On May 29 in Colorado, I met Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) advocate and Ely... Tags: Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues NC: Helene Storm Debris Removal Threatens Native Trout Habitat in Western North Carolina 7/2/2025 Nine months after Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southern Appalachians, contractors hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continue to rip through critical aquatic habitats in the name of... Tags: North Carolina Chapter
Media Chapter News Idaho Chapter Mobilized Wave of Grassroots Opposition to Public Land Sales for Flood the Lines Day 7/1/2025 Last week in response to Sen. Mike Lee’s relentless attempts to sell off our public lands, the Idaho chapter rapidly organized three pint nights across the state in concert with “Flood the Lines... Tags: Idaho Chapter
Media Chapter News NJ Across the State Public Lands Packout_25 7/1/2025 The New Jersey Chapter joined forces as they spread out to clean up 3 Wildlife Management Area across the state. In the North: Honey Run Wildlife Management Area, Centrally: Assunpink Wildlife... Tags: New Jersey Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues State Policy Spotter State Policy Spotter 7/1/2025 This is your November edition of BHA's State Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting our wild public lands, waters and wildlife across North... Tags: Policy, media, Texas Chapter, Colorado Chapter, Wyoming Chapter
Media Chapter News Jackson Fence Pull Event Recap 6/30/2025 On a ridgeline at 8,000 feet in the west Pioneer mountains outside of Jackson, Montana, 13 volunteers from Montana BHA spent their summer solstice rolling up barbed wire and hauling it out of the... Tags: Montana Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media Chapter News VT Team, Meet to Strategize Policy and Events 6/30/2025 On the morning of June 15th, members of the VT BHA leadership team met at Green River Reservoir. After a brief parking lot link up, we paddled to a day use site. Important issues were tackled, and... Tags: New England Chapter
Media Press Releases Public Land Sell-Off in Senate Defeated After National Uprising by Hunters, Anglers, Public Land Advocates 6/28/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2026 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org Washington, D.C.—Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Press Releases USDA Rescinds Near Quarter Century Old Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands 6/24/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont.—Backcountry Hunters & Anglers strongly opposes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent decision... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News 6/12/2025 NM State Game Commission Recap 6/24/2025 Beginning at 9 a.m., the Commission met in the Red River Convention Center in Red River, New Mexico. All seven Commission members were present, including Chair Richard Stump, Vice-Chair Sharon... Tags: New Mexico Chapter
Media Press Releases Utah Sportsmen’s Organizations and Businesses Unite in Opposing Public Land Sales 6/23/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2025 CONTACT: media@backcountryhunters.org SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Twenty-one Utah-based sportsmen’s organizations and over 50 Utah-based businesses in the... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases