Public Lands Month

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members are coming together in force during Public Lands Month, working, activating and celebrating in support of our North American lands and waters – and, via BHA’s Public Land Pack Out, leaving them a little better than they were before.

This year during Public Lands Month, join BHA members in taking at least one new hunter or angler afield. Join us in the Public Land Pack Out and clean up our public lands and waters. Join us in continuing to speak for those animals and wild places that cannot.

If not now, when? If not us, who?

BHA members and supporters will be documenting their Public Lands Month experiences on social media using the hashtags #PublicLandsMonth, #PublicLandOwner and #PublicLandPackOut.

BHA launched Public Lands Month in 2017 to focus attention and drive action in support of North America’s public lands and waters. National Public Lands Day in 2019 is Saturday, Sept. 28.

GET INVOLVED!

Public Land Pack Out

All September during BHA’s Public Land Pack Out, BHA members across North America will be participating in chapter-organized clean-up events and grabbing garbage bags when they head afield – with the goal of packing out 1,000 bags of trash. The Public Land Pack Out is a chapter-to-chapter competition, and the BHA chapter that packs out the most public land trash will win $1,000 from BHA corporate partner GoHunt. Find a cleanup event near you, here. 

Social Media Awareness

Help initiate a conversation about the importance of our wild public lands and waters by reposting this graphic to your social media feeds. Let your friends and family know that you’re celebrating Public Lands Month and that you’re passionate about the conservation of our wild places. Join your fellow public land owners by saving this graphic and uploading it as your profile picture for the month of September and post photos of time spent on public lands and waters. Tag your images with #PublicLandsMonth and be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. 

Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Now when you join or renew as an individual, family or supporting member of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers during Public Lands Month you’ll receive a FREE Public Land Owner t-shirt. Join your chapter and stand with us to be the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife. Help keep public lands in public hands! Join here! 

Bonus Podcasts

Special releases of BHA’s Podcast & Blast, hosted by Hal Herring and sponsored by Sitka, will be rolled out weekly throughout September. Tune in and don't forget to subscribe. Available on iTunes, Stitcher and Podbean.

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters. Please consider supporting our work by becoming a member or making a tax-deductible donation to fuel our collective cause.