Media State Issues Russian River Fencing Project 2025 Recap 6/26/2025 Russian River Fencing Project 2025 Recap“Ahhh yes, the great Friday evening Kenai migration,” my wife joked as we headed south along the Seward Highway. In front of us stretched a seemingly... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues BHA Condemns Senate Proposal to Sell Off Up to 3 Million Acres of Public Lands 6/11/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rebuking a sweeping new proposal released by the Senate... Tags: Colorado Chapter, Washington Chapter, Idaho Chapter, Utah Chapter, policy blog, the campfire, featured, press releases, New Mexico Chapter, Alaska Chapter, Arizona Chapter, California Chapter, Nevada Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Wyoming Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA Kenai Refuge Canoe Route Clearing Recap 6/5/2025 Alaska BHA Kenai Refuge Canoe Route Clearing Recap By Neal Koeneman, Jeff Knisley, & Mary Glaves Clearing the Canoe Portages on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge with Paddling-ton Bear &... Tags: stewardship blog, Alaska Chapter, stewardship
Media Chapter News State Issues The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection 5/14/2025 The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection by Alec Boyd-DevineThe Mendenhall Wetlands is a 4,000-acre wetland in the heart of Juneau, Alaska. It is home to a variety of flora... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap 5/13/2025 Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap by Nate Kibbey, Interior Representative AK ChapterMid-May is a great time to see all of the beautiful migrators pushing north. Birding... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Stand Up for the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge 5/9/2025 Hunting and Fishing Opportunities Threatened on the Mendenhall Wetlands The Mendenhall State Game Refuge (Taashuyee-Chookan.áani/Mendenhall Wetlands) in Juneau, Alaska, is a rare... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Alaska BHA Spring 2025 Internship Recap: Lillian Thorington 5/2/2025 Alaska BHA Spring 2025 Internship Recap by Lillian Thorington As my internship with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers comes to an end, I feel I have so much to reflect on. At the end of an... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Spring Migration Celebration, April 26th 2025 5/1/2025 Spring Migration Celebration, April 26th 2025 by Nate Kibbey Nearly 100 swans, hundreds of geese, and a wonderful array of multiple duck species all flock to Creamers Field Migratory... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues AK Copper Ammo Challenge at the Fairbanks Outdoor Show, April 2025 5/1/2025 The Alaska Copper Ammo Challenge at the Fairbanks Outdoor Show by Mark LindbergLate in my career in academia, I gave several lectures about lead contamination and its negative effects on... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Recap: eBird for Waterfowlers, Birders, and Outdoor Enthusiasts – April 18–19, Juneau, AK 4/22/2025 Recap: eBird for Waterfowlers, Birders, and Outdoor Enthusiasts – April 18–19, Juneau, AK by Alec and Angelica Boyd-Devine Mary Glaves, Alaska BHA Chapter Coordinator, introducing the event... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues A Review of the Alaska Board of Game 4/16/2025 A Review of The Board of Game I went into the Board of Game as someone with no prior experience with the Alaska state fish and game regulation process, minimal understanding of... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Hunters and Industry: An Essential Partnership for Migratory Bird Conservation 4/14/2025 Hunters and Industry: An Essential Partnership for Migratory Bird Conservation Photos and Story by Mark LindbergThe 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), an international conservation... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Building Community at the Alaska BHA Beer Dinner Spring 2025 4/14/2025 Building Community at the Alaska BHA Beer Dinner Spring 2025 by Ridge NelsonSince moving to Alaska last year, I have attended several Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) events. The primary... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News IF4 Screening in Fairbanks 2025: An Annual Evening of Fishing Fun & Community 4/11/2025 IF4 Screening in Fairbanks 2025: An Annual Evening of Fishing Fun & Community by Nate Kibby The International Fly-Fishing Film Fest (IF4) was a great gathering of angling enthusiasts. Around... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Recap of Alaska BHA’s Pint Night with Cameron Carroll – A Great Time for Conservation and Community! 4/11/2025 Recap of Alaska BHA’s Pint Night with Cameron Carroll, ADF&G Small Game Program Coordinator – A Great Time for Conservation and Community! by Alec Boyd-DevineOn the evening of April 7th, Alaska... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues A BHA Pint Night with Roman Dial 4/2/2025 A BHA Pint Night with Roman Dial On March 26th a large group gathered at Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, Alaska. The group consisted of conservationists, students, outdoor... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Alaska BHA's UAS Intern on SB 105 3/24/2025 Alaska BHA's UAS Intern on SB 105 -Lillian Thorington's oral testimony at the committee hearing on March 17th. Hello, I am your Miss Juneau Volunteer America, Lillian Thorington. I am also an... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Fly Fishing in Juneau: Presentation Recap and Rundown! 3/21/2025 Fly Fishing in Juneau: Presentation Recap and Rundown! by Angelica Boyd-Devine Photos by Alec Boyd-Devine & Mary Glaves On March 19th, Alaska BHA members and outdoor enthusiasts gathered at... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Restoring Alaska’s Wood Bison through Dedication and Collaboration 3/18/2025 Restoring Alaska’s Wood Bison through Dedication and Collaboration Two wood bison settling into the soft release pen in Minto Flats State Game Refuge. by Mark Lindberg I always thought it a... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues March 2025 Alaska BHA Newsletter 3/11/2025 February brought some challenges for public lands and it also brought Draw Results Day. Alaska BHA hosted 3 Draw Tag Celebrations across the state,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues The Power of Community: BHA's Mission Across the Country 3/6/2025 The Power of Community: BHA’s Mission Across the Country by Alec Boyd-Devine I recently had the opportunity to attend the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. Having... Tags: Utah Chapter, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Western State Policy Spotter - March 3/4/2025 This is your March 4th edition of BHA's Western Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting wild public lands, waters and wildlife across the West. Note - this... Tags: Colorado Chapter, Washington Chapter, Idaho Chapter, Utah Chapter, policy blog, the campfire, Montana Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, Alaska Chapter, Arizona Chapter, California Chapter, Nevada Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Wyoming Chapter, Texas Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Blacktail Deer Foundation Pint Night Juneau: Recap and Citizen Science Opportunities 3/3/2025 Blacktail Deer Foundation Pint Night Juneau: Recap and Citizen Science Opportunities by Lillian Thorington, AK BHA Intern Spring Overview of BDF in Southeast Alaska. One of the most... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Draw Tag Results Day and Night: February 21st, 2025. 3/2/2025 AWP Draw Tag Results Party Moose Call Winners. On the evening of February 21, over 100 Alaskans: hunters, anglers and trappers from all over Southcentral Alaska, gathered at Double Shovel Cider... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Senate Bill 105: "An Act relating to the lease and sale of state land for recreational cabin sites; and providing for an effective date." 2/28/2025 POLICY ACTION Updates from Alaska's 34th Legislature On February 26th, 2025 Governor Dunleavy introduced legislation Allowing Alaskans to Build Recreational Cabin Sites, Senate Bill 105. SB... Tags: Alaska Chapter, Alaska events
Media Chapter News State Issues Mountain Goat ID Public Lands Pint Night with Alaska BHA & RMGA 2/14/2025 Mountain Goat collars, skulls, horns, and ID information made available by ADF&G and RMGA at the Mountain Goat ID Pint Night On the evening of January 31st BHA Alaska Chapter co-hosted a fun... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues February 2025 with Alaska BHA - Newsletter 2/7/2025 Alaska -- We made it through January, which was filled with Board of Game meetings, a few great Pint Nights, and a lot of news about public lands conservation in Alaska. Not... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Juneau Mountain Rescue 2/7/2025 Juneau Mountain Rescue On January 29, the Alaska Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) hosted a pint night at Forbidden Peak Brewery in Juneau, Alaska. BHA invited Juneau... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues President Trump’s Day One Actions Include Assault on Alaska Public Lands 1/21/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 21, 2025 Contact: Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org President Trump’s Day One Actions Include Assault on... Tags: the campfire, featured, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues January 2025 Alaska BHA Newsletter 1/13/2025 2025 with Alaska BHA Alaska BHA has been active in Southcentral Alaska attending the Board of Game meetings, talking with partners and sponsors about plans for this... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Jimmy Carter's Alaska Public Lands Legacy 1/7/2025 Alec Boyd-Devine walks into the Tongass National Forest on Admiralty Island to go Sitka Black-tailed deer hunting.Jimmy Carter’s Alaska Public Lands... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Happy Conservation Holidays from Alaska BHA 12/27/2024 Great news for Alaska's Public Lands to wrap up 2024! On December 8, 2024, a significant win for conservation was achieved when an amendment mandating the Department... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Field to Table Smoked Goose Blueberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich 12/23/2024 Smoked Goose Blueberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich Growing up in the Midwest, I always had an ample amount of Canada geese breasts in the freezer. Since I stopped buying meat altogether, I found... Tags: Field to Table, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Floating to the Hunt: Lessons from Alaska's River Expert, Barry Whitehill 12/23/2024 Floating to the Hunt: Lessons from Alaska's River Expert, Barry WhitehillFloating the wild waterways of Alaska is a bucket-list adventure for many outdoor enthusiasts. For Barry Whitehill,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Waterfowl Banding at Creamers Field 12/23/2024 Photo by Nick Schaefer The only thing that I like more than hunting ducks has to be banding them. Banding ducks consists of capturing ducks live, putting a numerated metal band around their leg... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Alaska BHA Beer Dinner Recap 12/22/2024 BHA Beer Dinner Recap A Night of Conservation, Community, and Culinary Delights Darren Bruning, Deputy Director of Wildlife Conservation presenting on Wood Bison Restoration in AlaskaThe... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues The Alaska Copper Ammo Challenge 12/22/2024 AK BHA Volunteer shooting ballistic gels in Feb. 2024 at the Hank Harmon Rifle Range in Juneau, AKThe Alaska Copper Ammo Challenge Earlier this year, Alaska Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues WHY BHA? 12/3/2024 WHY BHA? Mary Glaves, AK Chapter Coordinator It’s #GivingTuesday 2024. The onslaught of attacks to the heritage of public lands in this country defies over a hundred year value system to... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Trapping Heritage and Education with Alaska Board Member, Ryan Bandy 12/3/2024 Trapping Heritage and Education with Alaska BHA Board Member, Ryan Bandy Greetings from the Interior, BHA members! As we arrive in December, trapping along the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers is in... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Thankful for YOU, Alaska BHA 11/28/2024 There is a new threat to Alaska's Brooks Range. Veterans Against the Ambler Road: A Call for Responsible Stewardship of Public Lands "As a veteran who has dedicated my life to... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Veterans Against the Ambler Road: A Call for Responsible Stewardship of Public Lands 11/13/2024 As a veteran who has dedicated my life to serving this country, I am deeply troubled by an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would revive the Ambler Road project.... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, featured, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues First Annual Alaska Chapter Board Retreat & Crawdad Catch-and-Cook Stewardship Event October 2024: Event Recap 11/12/2024 First Annual Alaska Chapter Board Retreat and Crawdad Catch-and-Cook Stewardship Event October 2024: Event Recap Board Retreat Earlier this year, our Chapter Chair, Dave Johnson, shared an... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA Fall 2024 Newsletter 10/2/2024 Mary -- Tis the season for hunting, canning, and for some animals and humans, hibernating. But not for AK BHA! Summer seems all but a blurr and we're still in freezer filling... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases BLM to Maintain Conservation Status for 28 Million Acres in Alaska 8/29/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 29, 2024 Contact: Mary Glaves, 415-246-5329, glaves@backcountryhunters.org BLM to Maintain Conservation Status for 28 Million Acres in Alaska Washington, D.C.... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA August 26th Newsletter: Essence of Fall 8/27/2024 The essence of fall is in the air and termination dust has even made an appearance in some areas. Fall is here in Alaska...Our favorite time of year! This fall, aside from all the... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Using the eBird App to Further Citizen Science Efforts in Bird Hunting Species & Habitat Conservation 8/12/2024 Using the eBird App to Further Citizen Science Efforts in Bird Hunting Species & Habitat Conservation The integration of technology into conservation efforts has opened up new ways for citizen... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues BLM Denies Ambler Road Permit 7/1/2024 Unloading for a backcountry hunt in the Brooks Range. PC: Barry Whitehill, AK Chapter of BHA. BHA and Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range Celebrate the BLM's Denial of the Ambler Road... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Russian River Stream Watch Fencing Project: Longterm Stewardship 6/23/2024 Alaska Chapter Backcountry Hunters & Anglers & USFS at the fence site, Sunday June 9th, 2024. Every year over 150,000 anglers, nearly a quarter of the population of Alaska, fish along the... Tags: AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, Alaska Chapter, stewardship, AFI Event
Media State Issues Central Yukon Resource Management Plan 5/3/2024 Floating and fishing in the Jim River Area of Critical Environmental Concern along the Dalton Highway. The Jim River is an important spawning tributary for... Tags: AFI Featured Stories, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Hunting and Fishing Opportunities Threatened on Mendenhall State Game Refuge 4/30/2024 Alaska BHA is committed to fighting for wild places and critical habitats that give hunters and anglers an opportunity to participate in the outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News House of Representatives to Vote on Attacks to Public Lands and Waters 4/25/2024 Update 5/1/2024: On April 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the WEST Act with a vote of 211-202. The Superior National Forest Restoration Act was passed with a vote of 212-203. On May... Tags: Minnesota Chapter, Utah Chapter, policy blog, the campfire, Alaska Chapter, Nevada Chapter
Media State Issues Spring Black Bear: Sealing the Deal 3/13/2024 Ryan Schuman, Southeast Alaska Representative with a black bear.It’s nearly April and spring is fast approaching. With that, myself, and many other hunters across Alaska are starting to poke... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Draw Hunt Donations and Wildlife Conservation: And, Sometimes You Get Lucky 2/26/2024 Alaska Chapter Coordinator Mary Glaves with the downed muskox. The race of muskoxen that currently populate Alaska is the Greenland muskox. These muskoxen a have dark brown coloration with... Tags: Alaska Chapter, Alaska events
Media Chapter News Call of the Wild - Alaska BHA Volunteers Answer 2/6/2024 Call of the Wild - Alaska BHA Volunteers Answer by Barry Whitehill “The Call” for volunteers to help at the start of the 2024 Yukon Quest by former Alaska BHA Board member Travis Booms saw... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Decline of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Continues: BOG is Considering Proposals to Close Hunting to Nonresidents on State Lands 1/10/2024 (Taken from 2023 WACH WG Binder) Decline of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Continues: BOG is Considering Proposals to Close Hunting to Nonresidents on State LandsBoard of Game Proposal 3... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues For Brook’s Sake-Bring Enough Gun 1/8/2024 PHOTO: Willis Mattison “If that’s a moose’s antler, how can we get ’im up?” I whispered to Kenny. We were lying prone on the arctic tundra, our rifles bridged across our daypacks in... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Ambler Road: My Father's Foreboding 12/27/2023 Ambler Road: My Father's Foreboding By Barry Whitehill Fly-fishing and athletics were my Dad’s salvation. At age 12, his father was sent to the penitentiary in Monroe, Washington for... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Floating Rivers without Bridges in Northwest Alaska 11/13/2023 PHOTO: Robbie Everett Floating Rivers without Bridges in Northwest Alaska Stepping out of the boat onto the rugged riverbanks of Alaska is an immersive experience that engages not just the... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Stand with Hunt-Fish Effort Opposing the Ambler Industrial Road 11/10/2023 PHOTO: Barry Whitehill, AK Chapter Vice ChairAn unparalleled experience for sportsmen and women can be had in Alaska’s famed Brooks Range – a region home to caribou herds, Dall sheep, moose and... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases BHA, Coalition of Other Hunting and Angling Groups Stand for Protection of AK's Brooks Range 11/3/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 3, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, MT.— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and 34 other conservation organizations are... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Alaska BHA Still Opposes Proposed Ambler Road 10/27/2023 Alaska BHA Still Opposes Proposed Ambler Road PHOTO: Kevin Fraley, AK Chapter, Interior Representative The proposed Ambler Industrial Road has posed unacceptable risks to Alaska’s Brooks Range... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues AFI Priority Landscape Camp 9/30/2023 Bouncing down a barren stretch of the Dalton Highway, known to Alaskans as the Haul Road, a bang and a thud emanating from the engine compartment of our van signaled that our hunting adventure was... Tags: AFI Featured Stories, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases Alaska Public Lands, Habitat Conserved Following Administration Action 9/6/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 6, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Oil and gas leases cancelled in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, conservation activities... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Alaska BHA Partners with Stream Watch Program to Mitigate Bank Erosion on the Famed Russian River 6/22/2023 Of the many things that I remember wanting as a young kid, but not among the few that I never obtained, living in Alaska was in the top two. Early in my military career and after garnering... Tags: stewardship blog, AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, Alaska Chapter, stewardship
Media Chapter News Press Releases Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region Receives Critical Protections 1/31/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org EPA Final Determination preemptively revokes Pebble Mine permit under Section 404(c) of... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter, public lands
Media Press Releases State Issues Roadless Protections for Backcountry Lands in Southeastern Alaska Restored 1/25/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Roadless Areas in the Tongass National Forest offer irreplaceable big game habitat, host... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter, public lands
Media State Issues Weigh In On the Ambler Road By Nov 4 10/25/2022 Another chance to weigh in on the Ambler Road (Deadline: Nov 4) Calling all Alaskan hunters and anglers who value wilderness, caribou, and sheefish! An additional public comment period is open... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska "D-1" Lands Withdrawal Comment Period Open Until October 17 10/6/2022 BLM Map showing "D-1" lands to be opened for industrial development. D-1 lands are identified with checkered fill. Photo credit: BLM Do you hunt, fish, or recreate in the Upper Susitna River,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Recreation Rivers Public Scoping Process Begins 6/17/2022 On July 15th, the first of four public scoping workshops to determine changes to the Susitna Basin Recreation Rivers Management Plan was held in Talkeetna. There will be three additional public... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA Clears Fuller Lakes Trail- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 6/14/2022 Alaska BHA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) staff joined forces on National Trails Day to clear downed trees, brush, and encroaching vegetation from the Fuller Lakes trail in the Kenai... Tags: stewardship blog, Alaska Chapter, stewardship
Media Chapter News AFI Alaska in the News 6/14/2022 Alaska AFI leader David May had the opportunity to represent the program. Have a listen below. https://sourdoughoutdoorsmen.buzzsprout.com/1443304/10367598 This time on Lead and Line, Brandon... Tags: AFI Comms Channel, Alaska Chapter, r3
Media State Issues Tell the EPA to Protect Bristol Bay Permanently 5/25/2022 For decades, the Pebble Mine has loomed over Alaska’s Bristol Bay, threatening fish, wildlife, and the people that call this watershed home. In November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, Alaska Chapter, Public Waters Access
Media State Issues Alaska BHA Comments on USFS Cube Cove Restoration Proposal 4/12/2022 Whitewater Bay on Admiralty Island. Credit, USFS. In January of 2020 the United States Forest Service completed the purchase of 22,890 acres on Admiralty Island in the vicinity of Cube Cove.... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Alaska BHA Comments on WSA21-01 3/16/2022 Public Hearing on WSA21-01 on Monday, March 21st from 3pm-6pm Alaska Time. Call: 1-800-779-2712 Passcode: 5653753 Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues West Susitna Access Road 3/2/2022 UPDATE- AIDEA FILED FOR THEIR 404C PERMIT WITH THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS ON MAY 24TH. ALASKA BHA WILL KEEP OUR MEMBERS APPRISED OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT! Alaska BHA recently asked... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases Administration Move to Conserve Arctic Reserve Draws Praise from BHA 1/12/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 11, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a move by the Biden... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Pebble Mine: Perspective From a Lifelong Alaskan Hunter 1/3/2022 We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family's 40-acre homestead... Tags: the campfire, Alaska Chapter, public lands, Public Waters Access
Media State Issues Western Arctic Caribou Herd Update 12/6/2021 Decline in Western Arctic Caribou Herd Abundance Calls for Unity and Problem Solving Important information regarding a decline in the Western Arctic Caribou Herd (WACH) was recently published by... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Susitna Basin Recreation Rivers 12/6/2021 Stand Against Removal of Protections for Alaska's Sport Fishing Heartland The Susitna River and its tributaries are among the most popular and accessible waters for sport anglers in Alaska,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues The Ambler Road: A Threat to the Brooks Range Wilderness 12/1/2021 When I was young, my family and I were camped above the shore of Walker Lake preparing for a 10-day raft trip that would take us down the Kobuk River, to the village of Kobuk. Walker Lake sits... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Alaska Announces First Sanctioned AFI Installation Club 11/11/2021 Alaska AFI is excited to announce the South Central Installation Club, the first of three officially-sanctioned Installation Clubs in our state. The State of Alaska and our Armed Forces have... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Good Things Come to Those Who Pick Up Trash 8/23/2021 I’m a better angler than hunter and I’m a better thinker than angler, but to be honest, I do not hold the bar very high for the latter. This ranking of skill probably has to do with the fact that... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Alaska Subsistence Policy and WSA21-01 8/16/2021 For those people who had been planning a trip to hunt the incredible region of northwest Alaska, home to the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, they probably got wind of the proposal to close federal... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases State Issues Alaska Roadless Habitat Conserved, Local Economies Boosted in USDA Plan 7/15/2021 MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry roadless lands in the Tongass National Forest, a public lands crown jewel in southeast Alaska, will see conservation safeguards restored and new measures put in place... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter, public lands
Media State Issues Alaska BHA Helps Repair Pinnell Mountain Trail After Illegal Vehicle Use 6/24/2021 During the 2020 hunting season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game increased the bag limit of caribou for the Fortymile caribou hunt to meet their harvest objectives. Possibly spurred by an... Tags: Alaska Chapter, OHV
Media Press Releases State Issues Arctic Refuge Development Delayed Under Administration Order 1/22/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 21, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Biden administration orders temporary moratorium on oil and gas development in the... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Businesses and Groups Unite to Advocate for Alaska’s Far North 12/7/2020 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The entities sent a letter to leaders in Congress and the administration urging them to... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Backcountry Journal Saving Coni Island 10/24/2019 South of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska there still exists intact ecosystems that remain largely unchanged except by forces of nature. This is one of the largest public land wild areas left... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Alaska Chapter
Media Press Releases State Issues Alaska Roadless Habitat Opened to Logging, Development 10/16/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 16, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Prime big game habitat and fisheries left vulnerable as administration exempts Tongass... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues LWCF Success Story: Whitewater Bay, Alaska 8/21/2018 Many people call the Tongass National Forest “America’s Salmon Forest” because so much of the pristine freshwater that feeds the vast salmon spawning grounds of Southeast Alaska originates in the... Tags: Alaska Chapter, access, lwcf
Media State Issues LWCF Project at Risk: Admiralty Island National Monument lands 8/21/2018 While the acquisition of the 160 acres at Whitewater Bay on Admiralty Island was a tremendous win for public access and public land management, crucial gaps remain in the Admiralty Island National... Tags: Alaska Chapter, access, lwcf
Media Chapter News Press Releases Alaska Wilderness to Be Developed Following Covert Land Exchange 1/10/2018 News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org A road through key migratory waterfowl habitat would be developed under... Tags: the campfire, press releases, Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Epitome of Remoteness 12/8/2017 As an avid elk hunter in Idaho and Wyoming, I often marvel at how elk country, even when very close to cars and civilization, can feel wild. Entering a tight, timbered canyon, especially when elk... Tags: the campfire, Alaska Chapter, priority landscapes
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA Summer 2016 Update 7/22/2016 Summer has come to Alaska, snow and ice are giving way to green tundra and flowing rivers. Salmon are steadily making their way upriver and AK BHA members are already into the frantic pace of... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media State Issues Alaskans Who Value the Outdoors Should Oppose HB 115's Unconstitutional Land Grab 4/27/2016 On Feb. 5, the bill HB 115 (better known as The Alaska Sovereignty Act) advanced to the Judiciary Committee. Sportsmen and other Alaskans who care about our outdoors must unite in opposing it. The... Tags: Alaska Chapter, issues
Media Chapter News Alaska BHA Spring 2016 Update 4/22/2016 With great sadness the Alaska chapter bids farewell to our long-term chair Mark Richards. Mark has taken a position with an Alaska-based hunting organization, and while he will be sorely missed,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Unlocking Landlocked Public Lands 3/14/2016 Each year, America’s 40 million hunters and anglers contribute $200 billion to the national economy, and support millions of American jobs. Hunting and fishing aren’t mere pastimes, they are... Tags: Alaska Chapter, access, Michigan Chapter, public lands, issues, media, British Columbia Chapter
Media Publications BHA White Paper: Impacts of ATVs on the Landscape and Wildlife 2/19/2016 The following BHA white paper provides a synthesis of research on the impacts that motorized use has on the landscape and wildlife. The white paper is broken up into three sections: 1) soils,... Tags: Alaska Chapter, OHV, publications
Media Publications State Issues Sportsman Report: Our Public Lands are Not for Sale 2/19/2016 This report details how the proposed transfer, or sale, of America’s federal public lands would negatively affect sportsmen and women in the United States. A growing number of western state... Tags: featured, Alaska Chapter, issues, publications
Media State Issues Help Protect Bristol Bay 5/3/2013 As you may have heard the next chapter in the Bristol Bay Pebble Mine dilemma is unfolding and we need you (and your friends) to take a minute to provide comments on the proposal. Here’s what’s at... Tags: Alaska Chapter