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 2022, BHA’s Rhode Island team elevated the issue as a top policy priority in 2024 and 2025 and has participated in every public input opportunity related to the Council’s structure since then. During their 2025 legislative session several CRMC reform bills have been considered by RI’s General ...

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 toward permanent protection, the river has remained mired in controversy. We had hoped that the fight for the Buffalo was finally won a few years ago, when the C&H hog farm that had polluted the river — causing algae blooms and poor water quality in the river and one of its tributaries — was finally ...

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 State’s public lands, waters and wildlife. The RI  team weighed in on over four dozen legislative bills, regulatory proposals, permitting applications and enforcement issues, and for the second year in a row was able to get one of our top policy priorities across the finish line. Below you’ll find ...

Arkansas Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Announces Gate Project Completed at Cedar Creek WMA Fort Smith, Ark. (October 16, 2024) – The Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) today announced the completion of a BHA-funded gate project at the Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Scott County. The gate project was the final phase of a land donation to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) that BHA secured in 2023. In 2023, the Arkansas BHA chapter, through a ...

The Idaho Chapter recently hosted the 6th annual Salmon River Cleanup Float near Challis, Idaho. This fun summer event brings volunteers together to float the famous Salmon River to pick up trash and pull invasive species such as spotted knapweed on Bureau of Land Management lands along the river. This year, the River of No Return Trout Unlimited Chapter was invited to join the event. The 2024 event also marked the furthest-traveled volunteers- two members from the Montana BHA chapter came ...