The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) appointed Kassi Smith to serve on their Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) as San Luis Valley Public Lands & Community Liaison. She...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a member organization that seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through conservation education and work on...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a member organization that seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) was recently happy to celebrate the courage and commitment of two hunters who played a crucial role in combating illegal motorized use on Colorado’s public...

Senate Bill 22-169, "Sensitive Species Data And Public Records: Concerning the nondisclosure of sensitive species information under the "Colorado Open Records Act" is an important bill that will...

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and the Public Trust Doctrine define fish and wildlife resources as the property of the people and managed by the state and federal agencies...

Last fall, Colorado state agencies opened 100,000 acres of Colorado state trust land to hunters and anglers to kick off the 2019 hunting season.  In 2020 we are looking forward to gaining public...

On January 23rd, Colorado river users received welcome news from 10thCircuit Court of Appeals by allowing a lawsuit to proceed between fisherman Roger Hill, landowner Mark Warsewa and the State of...

A much needed piece of bipartisan legislation (HB 1264) which would reauthorize Colorado conservation easement tax credit and improve transparency of the program is currently making it's way...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) members are privileged to hunt, fish and otherwise recreate on public lands in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, often in the Weminuche...

Comments on CPW Non-Motorized Recreational Trail Grant Application Process   State Trails Committee                                                                       State Trails Program 13787...

Comments for wildlife and habitat protection on the Rio Grande National Forest The Rio Grande National Forest is remote, wild, and largely undeveloped. In 2015, monitoring found that hunting and...

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Trails Program (i.e., State Trails Grant Committee) distributes millions in grants to user groups and federal agencies in Colorado for trail development each...

In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species....

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commends the recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to safeguard high quality undeveloped habitat in Colorado's Thompson Divide by cancelling controversial...

Re: Comments on Travel and Transportation Management RMP Amendment for WRFO Bureau of Land ManagementWhite River Field Office220 East Market StreetMeeker, CO 81641 Dear Sir/Ma’am: Below you will...

July 13, 2016 To Whom It May Concern: Please accept this letter as public comment pertaining to the DRAFT 2016-2026 Statewide Trails Strategic Plan on behalf of Colorado Backcountry Hunters &...

“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”– Theodore Roosevelt The secret’s been out for quite some time, Gunnison County is a sportsmen’s paradise, boasting...

Help us protect the Rico/West Dolores region in the San Juan National Forest (SJNF) from excessive motorized trails while safeguarding these 245,000 acres of the Dolores River watershed for...

DENVER, COLORADO — Sportsmen from Colorado and beyond today applauded the state of Colorado for moving to protect traditional, fair chase hunting by curbing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...