FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 3, 2024 Contacts: Thomas Plank, Communications Manager plank@backcountryhunters.org Nadia Marji, VP of Marketing & Communications nadia@backcountryhunters.org BHA Responds to Secretary of Agriculture Nomination Washington, D.C. – President-elect Trump has nominated Brooke Rollins to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, signaling a pivotal moment for hunters, anglers, and conservationists nationwide. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 1, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BLM plan aims to stanch steep decline of iconic bird  (WASHINGTON, D.C.--November 8, 2024) – Leading conservation and sportsmen’s organizations today reacted with cautious optimism to a newly released final draft of a plan by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that outlines how the agency intends to reverse the alarming decline of greater sage-grouse populations across 10 Western states. The ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 9, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org The U.S. House of Representatives Introduces the North American Grasslands Conservation Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — The North American Grasslands Conservation Act has been introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Representatives Nancy Mace (R – S.C.), Sharice Davids (D – Kan.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R – Penn.) and Mike Thompson (D – Calif.). Once passed, the legislation will be one of the ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Aug. 30, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank, plank@backcountryhunters.org New BLM Solar Plans Seek to Balance Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals Hunting, fishing organizations welcome a responsible approach to solar energy development on public lands   DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Final Programmatic EIS and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments would support an updated siting and permitting framework across 11 western states for management of ...