Media State Issues Wyoming BHA Fall Newsletter 10/2/2024 It's the most wonderful time of the year! The days are getting shorter and hunting season is officially upon us. Like most of us here at Wyoming BHA, we expect many of you are spending as much... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Wyoming Chapter Sees Win in Medicine Bow-Routt NF 11/7/2019 The Wyoming Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers saw a new development recently in a longstanding struggle over public lands with a Casper-area landowner. Richard Bonander, president of... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Help Wyoming BHA Stop the Proposed Bonander State Land Exchange 9/6/2016 Sign the petition to stop the Bonander Land Exchange. Details: 1,040.67 acres of state land in the Cow Creek drainage of the Laramie Range are proposed to be traded for 295 acres in the Black... Tags: Wyoming Chapter, keepitpublic Download
Media State Issues Wyoming BHA Comments on Shoshone National Forest Travel Management Plan 7/1/2016 The following comments were submitted in regards to the Shoshone National Forest Travel Management Plan on behalf of Wyoming BHA. Please accept our comments on the draft Shoshone National Forest... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Press Releases BHA Advances Wyoming Effort to Ban Drones, Aircraft in Hunting 3/31/2015 Wyoming Game & Fish Department considering new rule to prohibit both manned and unmanned aircraft for scouting and hunting A sportsmen-led campaign to uphold fair chase hunting in Wyoming is... Tags: Fair Chase, press releases, Wyoming Chapter, issues, drones Download
Media State Issues Wyoming BHA Speaks-up for Clean Water in the Backcountry 10/16/2014 October 12, 2014Dear Mr. Frederick:Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has recently become aware of your decision to lower water quality protection standards regulating the amount of E.coli bacteria... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Thank You to Bureau of Land Management: Seasonal Wildlife Closures 4/24/2014 Mr. Snyder,Wyoming Backcountry Hunters & Anglers would like to express our thanks and support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to implement temporary road closures on Steamboat... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Thank You Letter: Temporary Closures on Pole Mountain 4/21/2014 Medicine Bow-Routte Forest Supervisor Frank Romero, Wyoming Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, would like to express our support of the temporary road closures put in place on Pole Mountain. We have... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues WY BHA Appeals Shoshone National Forest Plan 4/15/2014 The following is an objection letter to the Draft Shoshone National Forest Plan that was recently filed by Wyoming BHA. Shoshone Forest Plan (SFP), Daniel Jiron, Rocky Mountain Regional... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Wyoming Sportsmen's Alliance Hails Passage of G&F Funding Bill 3/4/2014 CHEYENNE – More sportsmen's dollars will be used for wildlife-related programs with the passage of a bill Friday to allow the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to receive state funds for two key... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Comments on the Bureau of Reclamation and the Idaho Water Resource Boards Draft Henrys Fork Basin Study 3/4/2014 The Henry Fork Basin Study (HFBS) discusses future water management options that have significant potential negative impacts to Wyoming wildlife. While the HFBS discusses impact to fisheries and... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Defending Fair Chase: Banning Drones for Hunting or Scouting 1/8/2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (commonly called “drones”) are increasingly important in the military and have high potential to contribute to the fields of wildlife biology, search-and-rescue,... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Wyoming BHA Partners with Forest Service to Curb Illegal Motorized Use 7/12/2013 (LARAMIE, Wyo.) July 12, 2013 – The Wyoming Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has partnered with the Medicine Bow National Forest to restore habitat degraded by illegal Off Highway Vehicle... Tags: Wyoming Chapter, OHV, habitat, issues Download
Media State Issues WY BHA Supports Non-Motorized Designation on Snake River 5/21/2013 The following is a letter that was to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on behalf of Wyoming BHA, in support of the proposed non-motorized designation on the Snake River. Dear Commission... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues WY BHA Opposes Transfer of Public Lands 5/3/2013 Position Statement: WY BHA Opposes Transfer of Public Lands During the last Legislative Session in Wyoming, HB228 was passed. Sponsored by House Representative David Miller of Riverton, this bill,... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download
Media State Issues Conserving Backcountry Habitat in the Wyoming Range 4/17/2013 Background For years, sportsmen have been working to protect backcountry habitat in the Wyoming Range from fragmentation and large-scale oil and gas development. And for years, sportsmen have led... Tags: Wyoming Chapter Download