For the last several years the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has advocated to reform Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). After first weighing in in...

TAKE ACTION NOW! Amid controversy and under threat of damming, Arkansas’ iconic Buffalo National River was designated as the country’s first National River in 1972. Despite that monumental step...

Rhode Island BHA 2024 Policy Roundup Following a successful year in 2023, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ team in Rhode Island advocated more effectively than ever in 2024 to support the Ocean...

The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism is requesting a Special Use Permit for an area of National Forest Service lands for trail development and recreation-related infrastructure....

On Saturday, September 23rd, 16 volunteers gathered in the Pahsimeroi Valley to complete a phase of the Sawmill Canyon project for National Public Lands Day. The volunteers represented Idaho BHA,...

Summer has arrived! When we haven't been attending bow shoots, boots-on-the-ground stewardship projects, or chasing the salmon fly hatch, here’s what we’ve been up to since our last quarterly blog...

Earlier this spring a concerned member contacted our board with a question about Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area in Northeast Arkansas. With all the news and publicity...

News for Immediate Release  July 13, 2022  Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  Multi-use nature of Lost Trail property will conserve wildlife habitat and...

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)...

We have long encouraged FWP to improve the 454 agreements, including most recently at March’s EQC meeting and in an oped published by one of our board members, Jake Schwaller. Some of our...

We didn’t really need a reason to celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day, but public land hunters in Arkansas can raise a toast to a long-term management agreement for the Pine Tree Research Station...

With the Rhode Island legislative session in full swing and DEM’s hunting & fishing annual regulatory process right around the corner we’ve been working hard to ensure the voices of hunters and...

A major victory for public lands hunting access was notched last week in the Arkansas Capitol as the attempted sale of the Pine Tree Research Station was closed down. "To put it succinctly,...

We are very excited to announce that one of our very own Kentucky BHA members, Mr. Brian Mackey, has been appointed by the Governor to serve on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission....

Earlier this year the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers New York and New England Chapters submitted comments on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Public Information Document for...

The Minnesota Chapter of Backcountry Hunters applauds a decision this week by District Judge Thomas Van Hon, which affirms the private property rights of land owners to sell their land as they see...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 11, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  USFS cited input from sportsmen and women as reason for change in course MISSOULA,...

To kick off Public Lands Month, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers joined forces with FHF Gear, Montana FWP, and Burch Barrel to clean up the Erwin Bridge Fishing Access Site in...

By Sportsmen and Sportswomen Consortium - August 7, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current   Finally, after more than 80 years of disagreements, a combination of legal pressures and...

Public lands sportsman submitted evidence of illegal access that resulted in the pilot’s conviction Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has issued a reward to John Morris, the Montana hunter who...

The Tennessee Chapter officially kicked off in style with a pint night tour across the state in July. Land Tawney joined Josh Kaywood for the tour, stopping in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis and...

November 18, 2019 - From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - Originally published in the Montana Standard A 23-year-old Roundup man was arrested Friday in the poaching of three trophy bull elk in...

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News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 31, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The Colorado Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently issued two rewards to...

The US Forest Service has recently proposed a land exchange in Montana's Crazy Mountains called the “South Crazy Mountain Land Exchange.” This proposal would swap privately owned sections with...

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...

On August 10th, eight Montana BHA members from Regions 1 and 2 joined forces with the Montana Conservation Corps and the US Forest Service to rebuild a bridge at the West Fork of the Swamp Creek...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 10, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Coalition contends that the Forest Service is abdicating its duty to uphold and defend...

Back in February, the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers weighed in on H5130 – Canned Hunting Prohibited. In principle, we supported the push to prevent importing big game...

This spring, Wyoming BHA Chapter volunteers initiated a long-term effort to help clean up garbage and abandoned property from recreational shooting on public lands in the Jackson Hole area. The...

Our first session engaging in the Montana Legislature with the help of a lobbyist was a successful one.While Montana BHA’ers have engaged in state legislative sessions in the past, this added...

On March 19, the New England Chapter submitted written testimony to the House Environmental and Natural Resources Committee urging the rejection of Bill H5849, which would allow private shooting...

March 11, 2019 Rep. Carl Glimm & Rep. Nancy Ballance ChairsHouse Appropriations CommitteeHouse of RepresentativesState CapitolHelena, MT 59620 Re: House Bill 10 Dear Chair Balance & Glimm, We, the...

Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and a coalition of conservation-based groups submitted a letter to the U.S. Forest Service summarizing the groups’ concerns over public access in the Crazy...

News for Immediate Release Feb. 1, 2019 Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Rebecca Triche, LWF, 225-362-9007, rebecca@lawildlifefed.org John Devney, Delta,...

January 4, 2019. Originally published in theHelena Independent Record Feedback on Wolverine Creek Road changes during the 2018 hunting season and game warden’s enforcement update are just...

  News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Interior Department moves ahead with renewal of controversial mining leases upstream...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members will vote in several crucial elections  in 2018 that will affect hunting, fishing, and the management of wildlife and public lands. One of the most...

By Lauren Miller - September 23, 2018 - Originally published in the Billings Gazette.  These days it is increasingly difficult to find issues that unite individuals and groups from different...

By Rob Chaney - June 17, 2018 - Originally published in the Missoulian. Ever wonder why Interstate 90 takes such a winding route along the St. Regis River as it climbs toward Lookout Pass on the...

News for Immediate Release April 18, 2018 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation would have guaranteed public access to some tidal waters located above...

With The more than 1 million acres of Wilderness in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness at risk from large scale sulfide-ore copper mining proposals, BHA's Land Tawney Speaks about the...

Montana members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers attend anti-public lands conclave featuring lawbreaking Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy PARADISE, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members from...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA and partner Boone and Crockett Club give students knowledge and skills to start...

Stimson transfers land to Lolo Forest near Beavertail By ROB CHANEY - December 29, 2017 - Originally published in the Missoulian  A land transfer has moved 640 acres of former timberland near...

Recently two concerned Coloradans documented violations by off road vehicle users that helped law enforcement officers uphold laws intended to promote solitude, conserve public lands and waters,...

VOTE NO ON I-177 Montana Citizens Initiative 177 proposes a general outlawing of trapping on public lands in Montana. We believe that trapping is one of the many opportunities for the citizens of...

  1. States manage their lands to make money, not to provide opportunities for recreation. 2. States can’t afford to manage our public lands and would be forced to either raise taxes (a...

March 9, 2016 Governor Dayton, The MN Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers thanks you for your leadership in opposing the proposed Twin Metals sulfide-ore copper mine at the edge of the...

       By BHA's 2016 Aldo Leopold Award Winner, Mark Heckert I am humbled and deeply appreciative of the honor of the Aldo Leopold Award you have given me for my actions in defense of our public...

Senate leaders have cleared a path forward for passage of the first comprehensive energy bill in almost a decade. But your help is vital in getting it across the finish line! The Energy Policy...

The following letter was submitted by Nevada BHA to the Elko County Planning Commission, stating BHA's opposition to an exemption that would allow guided helicopter hunts in the Ruby Mountain...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior that one of the last remaining oil-and-gas drilling leases in the Badger-Two...

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...

   

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...

MISSOULA, Mont. - In the wake of the arrest in Oregon of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada scofflaw and leader of a movement to seize public lands from the American people, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers...

A letter expressing our concerns...Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a national conservation organization that was founded around a campfire in Oregon by a group of passionate sportsmen who saw a...

Meanwhile, back on the home-front, a coalition of sportsmen and conservation groups scored-big by winning a lawsuit which challenged plans for irresponsible oil and gas development on Bureau of...