Early in the year, the Utah Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers was approached by Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Big Game Coordinator, now Wildlife Section Chief Covy Jones to have a seat on the Elk Management Plan Committee to re-write the long-term strategic plan for elk management in the state. As a chapter, we’ve been working hard to increase engagement with the Division on critical issues such as this, and immediately accepted the seat at the table. We knew we had our work ...

In an effort to more directly engage in bill tracking and direct lobbying efforts during the Legislative Session, BHA Utah created a Legislative Action Committee to make a more concerted and systematic effort of alerting our statewide membership to bills that concern hunters and other public land users. The Committee was led by Perry Hall and significant contributions were made by Ashley Kijowski, Brandon Savaiinaea, and our sagely Policy & Access Coordinator John Fairchild. Also, notable, ...