Media Chapter News State Issues State Policy Spotter State Policy Spotter 7/1/2025 This is your October 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: Montana Chapter, Florida Chapter, Illinois Chapter, Policy, media, New England Chapter, Utah Chapter, Idaho Chapter
Media Chapter News EVENT RECAP: Chicago Backcountry In Your Backyard- Turkey Hunting 101 4/1/2025 ย The Illinois Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers partnered with Minority Outdoor Alliance and Sitka Gear for a Turkey Hunting Workshop in the Vernon Hills suburb of Chicago. The workshop... Tags: Illinois Chapter, media, Mentorship
Media Chapter News State Issues TAKE ACTION: Support HB 1873 For Stream Access 5/13/2024 Illinois stream access is widely misunderstood, a result of the state not mirroring federal law. A stream that would be considered public by federal law is not public under Illinois state law, as... Tags: Illinois Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Illinois BHA and US Army Corps Create New 3D Archery Park 8/25/2023 The Illinois Chapter of BHA partnered with the US Army Corps of Engineers over the past year to development of a public 3-D archery trail at Lake Shelbyville in Central Illinois. Lake Shelbyville... Tags: Illinois Chapter, Habitat Stewardship
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 152: Murder of the Grand Kankakee Marsh 3/28/2023 โI have never yet found a place that equaled the Kankakee swamps for the variety of game to be found there.โ โ J. Lorenzo Werich, 1920. Few know the history now. None who experienced it are still... Tags: Illinois Chapter, media, Podcast, Indiana Chapter