Media Chapter News Sportsmen for the San Juan Mountains Wilderness 3/29/2019 The Colorado Chapter of BHA is proud to announce the launching of the Sportsmen for the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Coalition. We have joined TU, Artemis, and a number of Colorado Business... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Letter: Let’s Celebrate Public Lands Day in Arizona 3/22/2019 It is not often that a bill moves through the legislature with such widespread and bipartisan support as HB 2271, which would establish the first Saturday in April as Public Lands Day throughout... Tags: Arizona Chapter
Media Chapter News Colorado BHA Annual Chapter Rendezvous (May 31 – June 2, 2019) 3/20/2019 The Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers 11th annual Rendezvous is scheduled for May 31 – June 2, 2019 (nights of Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1). We will be setting up camp at the Lakeview... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Bill to help Game Commission acquire lands on target 3/19/2019 The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauds two pieces of legislation authored by state Rep. Mike Turzai of Allegheny County aimed at increasing the Pennsylvania Game... Tags: Pennsylvania Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Expanding Wilderness on the Fringe of the Concrete Jungle 3/19/2019 Representative Judy Chu and Senator Kamala Harris have each introduced companion legislation in the House and Senate aimed at further protections and expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains... Tags: California Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues WI BHA Applauds the Bipartisan Sponsorship of CWD Management Act from Wisconsin Delegation 3/19/2019 The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for introducing the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act. ... Tags: Wisconsin Chapter
Media Chapter News Colorado BHA Holds First Formal Strategic Planning Meeting 3/19/2019 The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) met in Gunnison (and nearby Almont) for their chapter’s first formal Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM) during the weekend of March 8-10,... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Pans Administration Plan for Sage Grouse Management 3/15/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 15, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org New plans for sage grouse habitat allow potentially harmful industrial development,... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Press Releases BHA Rendezvous Returns to Idaho in 2019 3/14/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 14, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org May 1-4 will bring thousands of public lands sportsmen and womento Boise for... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News Public access on the Louisiana coast and where we go from here. 3/14/2019 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Involvement Due to a rapidly changing landscape, old laws, confused record keeping and difficult politics, sportsmen and women are losing access to Louisiana’s... Tags: Southeast Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA Celebrates Public Lands Bill’s Passage into Law 3/12/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 12, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President signs S. 47, most significant conservation legislation in a decade,... Tags: the campfire, featured, press releases
Media Chapter News California Chapter helps with Desert Sheep survey 3/11/2019 On March 4th, members from the California Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers volunteered to survey wild sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains located just west of Los Angeles. The survey was... Tags: California Chapter