Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 152: Murder of the Grand Kankakee Marsh 3/28/2023 “I have never yet found a place that equaled the Kankakee swamps for the variety of game to be found there.” – J. Lorenzo Werich, 1920. Few know the history now. None who experienced it are still... Tags: Illinois Chapter, media, Podcast, Indiana Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Cornwall Creek Flooding - Recreation Opportunity May be Lost 3/28/2023 Cornwall Creek Flooding may be a place known to you and for others not so much. To me, the Cornwall Creek Flooding is near and dear to my heart, my family having camped on its shores every winter... Tags: Michigan Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Defends Navigable Waters Rule and Secures Access in California 3/23/2023 Here in California we have a constitutional right to fish, and we have a right to access, hunt and fish the navigable waters of our state - for those waters are to be held in the public trust for... Tags: media, California Chapter, Public Waters Access, Access & Opportunity
Media Chapter News State Issues Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Co-Chair Receives Sigurd F. Olson Award 3/21/2023 The Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Sigurd F. Olson Award recognizes outstanding effort conserving rivers, lakes or wetland habitat. Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) Co-Chair Don... Tags: Policy, Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Southwest Public Lands Permanently Conserved Via Antiquities Act 3/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President Biden designates Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and Castner Range National... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases, Nevada Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Iowa BHA Opposes SF516 3/19/2023 The Iowa BHA Chapter seeks to ensure our outdoor heritage of hunting, fishing, and trapping on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife. That vision depends on equitable access to habitat... Tags: Iowa Chapter
Media Chapter News Samantha Lutz joins Western Pennsylvania leadership team 3/14/2023 Samantha Lutz grew up in a small town in Clarion County, PA, and now resides in Wampum, PA. She is a mother, biologist, avid hiker, and overall outdoor enthusiast. From an early age, she was drawn... Tags: Pennsylvania Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Utah Legislature Approves Funding for Wildlife Crossings 3/13/2023 A request for appropriation (RFA) called “Wildlife Highway Mitigation” was approved by the Utah Legislature in the 2023 Legislative Session budget. This funding request was for $20M of State funds... Tags: Policy, Utah Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Minnesota BHA North Country Icebreaker (“Stoke The Fire,” But Don’t Burn Out!) 3/11/2023 While growing up in northern Minnesota we spent a lot of time at our grandparent’s house on Mille Lacs Lake, where (as you might expect) fishing was the primary pastime.[1] I was pleased to be... Tags: Minnesota Chapter
Media Chapter News Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Lew French Central West Slope Assistant Regional Director 3/10/2023 The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Lewis French as an Assistant Regional Director for the Central West Slope Group. Lew was born in Long Island, New York, and... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases Administration Budget Invests in Programs, Jobs that Would Advance Public Lands Conservation 3/10/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 10, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org $6.8 trillion proposal for FY24 would increase public lands management funding by... Tags: Policy, media, Press Releases
Media Chapter News State Issues Legislation Introduced to Expand Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument 3/9/2023 I spent a portion of my childhood pursuing adventures on lands and waters within what is now known as the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument; however, the history of the land and its... Tags: California Chapter