Media Chapter News State Issues Acreage Added to Preserve portion of New River Gorge National Park 4/19/2023 When the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve redesignation went into effect hunters were left holding the short straw as we were now permanently excluded from 4,385 acres of what was once... Tags: West Virginia Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues California BHA's Guide to Navigating a Full Fish & Game Commission Agenda 4/19/2023 The Fish & Game Commission meets this Wednesday and Thursday (4/19 & 4/20), and we hope you can show up to provide comments on some very important issues for hunters and anglers in... Tags: Policy, California Chapter
Media Chapter News TX BHA Cleans Up Grapevine Lake 4/18/2023 Grapevine, Texas - The Texas Backcountry Hunters & Anglers chapter held a public land clean-up day on March 11th at Lake Grapevine Wildlife Management Unit (WMA) with nineteen volunteers. Austin... Tags: Texas Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media Chapter News New Year, New Zero "a day at the range" 4/18/2023 I hear the familiar sound of the bolt running a round into a chamber of my buddies Browning X-bolt. I am focused on looking through my spotting scope and watching the young Black tail, slowly... Tags: California Chapter, Armed Forces Initiative
Media Chapter News Kiowa National Grasslands - 2023 Project Recap 4/18/2023 I originally joined BHA, because I wanted to be outside, doing cool things with like-minded folk. I quickly found BHA was the perfect Reese’s peanut butter cup of getting guidance to advance my... Tags: Habitat Stewardship, New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Florida BHA encourages hunting, recreation access in proposed USFWS Conservation Area 4/17/2023 The following comment was submitted 4-17-2023 to the USFWS regarding its proposed Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area: To: United States Fish & Wildlife Service From: Florida... Tags: Florida Chapter
Media Press Releases Inside the 'Public Access' Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 4/14/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 14, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The new issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine, featuring access-related... Tags: Press Releases
Media Chapter News State Issues Central Coast Heritage Protection Act Reintroduced 4/14/2023 BHA is once again rallying support behind the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act recently reintroduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24). This legislation would add nearly 250,000 acres... Tags: Policy, media, California Chapter
Media Chapter News GET ENGAGED 4/12/2023 Importance of Engagement- What can you do? Whether you’ve been in Washington your whole life or just moved here recently now is the time. If you’ve always been immersed in the out of doors or have... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News The Cackalacky Caller Vol. 1 Fourth Edition 4/11/2023 https://assets.nationbuilder.com/backcountryhunters/pages/13359/attachments/original/1681233768/Cackalacky_Caller_Vol1_Ed4.pdf?1681233768 Tags: North Carolina Chapter
Media Chapter News Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Increase Reward For Illegal Trail Construction (Help Stop Trail Building “Free-For-All”) 4/10/2023 In support of our state’s elk, mule deer, trout and a myriad of other species that rely on public lands habitat for survival, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is... Tags: Illegal Motorized Use, Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Spring 2023 CO BHA Newsletter 4/10/2023 “Spring, in addition to many other things, is a time for renewal of memories that may have grown dim during the winter.” – Sigurd F. Olson, Wilderness Days As the days grow longer and the weather... Tags: Colorado Chapter