Media State Issues Securing Michigan's Outdoor Heritage: MI BHA's Support for House Joint Resolution C 3/26/2025 The Michigan Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MI BHA) is actively working to protect and strengthen the future of hunting and fishing in our state. House Joint Resolution C (HJR-C),... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media State Issues MI BHA Chapter Raises Concerns About Sea Lamprey Control Staff Cuts 3/17/2025 Michigan Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Raises Concerns About Sea Lamprey Control Staff Cuts The recent firing of 12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) employees responsible for sea... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Michigan chapter urges action to protect Lake Superior: The Threat of Copperwood Mine 12/13/2024 At Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), we are passionate about preserving the wild places and public lands that provide us with the hunting, fishing, and recreation opportunities that we all... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media State Issues Michigan BHA Opposes Commercial Targeting of Sport Fish 10/26/2023 Michigan BHA Opposes Commercial Targeting of Sport Fish Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through... Tags: policy blog, Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Cornwall Creek Flooding - Recreation Opportunity May be Lost 3/28/2023 Cornwall Creek Flooding may be a place known to you and for others not so much. To me, the Cornwall Creek Flooding is near and dear to my heart, my family having camped on its shores every winter... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Camp Grayling Expansion in Michigan and Public Access 12/12/2022 Camp Grayling expansion may inhibit public land access Earlier this year, a proposal by the Michigan National Guard to more than double the amount of public lands it already leases from the... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues AFI Podcast Tour 10/31/2022 AFI Director Trevor Hubbs has been hitting the podcast network on a speaking tour for a few months garnering support for the program and building sponsor relationships. For a list of Podcast... Tags: Minnesota Chapter, New England Chapter, AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, Montana Chapter, Michigan Chapter, Kansas Chapter, Wisconsin Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Camp Grayling Expansion in Northern Michigan 9/2/2022 Camp Grayling Expansion A recent proposal by the Michigan National Guard to more than double the amount of public lands leased from the state of Michigan is fast becoming a hot topic for... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Michigan Chapter Breaks Down Proposition 20-1 10/23/2020 The Michigan chapter of BHA is the voice for our wild public lands, waters, and wildlife in our great state and seeks to inform members on issues affecting our members as well as public lands and... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Action alert! The Michigan DNR needs your input on the 2021 Public Lands Strategy. 8/18/2020 $cweb(function(){ $cweb('#congressweb-action-158').congressweb({ url : '//www.congressweb.com/BHA/158', responsive : true }); }); Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media State Issues Michigan Adds Over 2000 New Acres of Public land! 12/17/2019 This October, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources agreed to purchase the Storey Lake property in Otsego and Charlevoix counties in the North East Lower Peninsula. This win for Michigan... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Bad Public Lands Bills Pass Michigan House and Senate 6/19/2018 Michigan public lands bills SB302, SB303, and HB4475 have passed the state house and senate. SB302, and 303 and HB4475 now move to Governor Snyder's desk. The Michigan Board has submitted a... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Action Alert! Michigan Public Lands at Risk 3/6/2018 What do you get when you make it harder for the DNR to acquire public land and easer for the DNR to sell public land? Less public land. And in a death of a thousand small cuts, that’s exactly... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
Media State Issues Op-Ed: Michigan Traditions of Hunting, Fishing and more at Risk in State Land Bills 5/17/2016 The following is an Op-Ed written by Kyle Burleson. Kyle Burleson is the education committee chair of the Michigan Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, formed to promote access to public... Tags: Michigan Chapter Download
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 Download