Media Press Releases Proposed ‘Public Lands Rule’ Defines Interior’s Conservation Strategy 3/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA commends administration’s ‘forward-looking, comprehensive’ management approach to... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News TPWD Passes 2023-24 Hunting Regulations 3/31/2023 Austin, Texas – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department approved the 2023-2024 hunting regulations and season dates on March 23, 2022. No significant changes were made regarding bag limits, means,... Tags: Texas Chapter
Media Press Releases Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Introduced in 118th Congress 3/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org U.S. Senate reinvigorates bipartisan push for state and Tribal conservation of at-risk... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases
Media Press Releases BHA Bestows Top Honors at North American Rendezvous 3/30/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org An impressive slate of honorees receives BHA’s 2023 awards MISSOULA, Mont. – At the... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News OH BHA Spring Update 3/29/2023 The sun is shining today, but it's gonna dump buckets of rain soon and the rivers will swell and get that coffee-with-creamer look to them. It's spring in Ohio, the days are getting longer and... Tags: Ohio Chapter
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, the campfire, 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: the campfire, California Chapter, access, Public Waters Access, stream access
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: Colorado Chapter, policy blog
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 blog, the campfire, 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