Between Utah's legislative session, the opening of Hunting for Sustainability applications, and an amazing public lands party with Ryan Callaghan of Meateater, February was a busy month! Read on for a recap of the Party for Public Lands, info on the deadline for Hunting for Sustainability, a call for volunteers to help with fundraising planning and the upcoming DWR Regional Advisory Council meetings, and a "save the date" for a summer project on the Paunsaugunt!  Utah BHA Hosts a Party ...

A request for appropriation (RFA) called “Wildlife Highway Mitigation” was approved by the Utah Legislature in the 2023 Legislative Session budget. This funding request was for $20M of State funds to be allocated to the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) explicitly for wildlife highway mitigation efforts including the construction of wildlife overpasses, underpasses, and fencing. The Utah Chapter of BHA was very supportive of this RFA during the Session, and was even featured on a KUTV ...

PRESS STATEMENT Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Utah Chapter Friday, May 9, 2014 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, including its Utah Chapter, condemns the illegal ATV protest ride at Recapture Canyon as destructive, misguided and counterproductive. The Bureau of Land Management faces a complex task of balancing multiple uses of our public lands, including recreation, wildlife, clean water and grazing.  Many members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers own ATVs, and realize that reasonable limits ...

The upcoming meetings regarding the Grand Bargain Land Exchange Initiative are an important opportunity for members to speak-up for Utah’s backcountry fish and wildlife habitat, and sporting traditions. UT BHA encourages members to participate in the meetings that will be held in eastern Utah in Castle Dale, Monticello, Moab, and Vernal. We must tell Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz that these areas are important to us and future generations of hunters and fishermen.  For a lot of us, ...

  Utah Backcountry Hunters & Anglers are honored to host Randy Newberg at the 2013 International Sportsmen Expo (ISE) in Salt Lake City, March 14-17.  As host of the Sportsman Channel’s “On Your Own Adventures”, Newberg is a do-it-yourself hunter that hunts exclusively on public lands.   In line with this focus, Utah BHA will be hosting two of Randy’s ISE seminars on do-it-yourself public lands elk hunting during the show.  In addition, BHA members are invited to a meet and greet social ...