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...

                February brought some challenges for public lands and it also brought Draw Results Day. Alaska BHA hosted 3 Draw Tag Celebrations across the state,...

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...

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...

      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...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

  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...

(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...

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...

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...