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Water for Sheep

Evan Nordstrom
Photo: Brian Schwab, SCBS BHA’s California chapter, Armed Forces Initiative and the Marines team up to save bighorn sheep   BY EVAN NORDSTROM While the devastating fires of the Western states have become a perennial hazard jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of American citizens, the heat and unprecedented drought preceding these fires is the larger threat to much of the wildlife. Hundreds of species are threatened by climate change and severe weather across the West. In the Southern ...
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Faces of BHA: Ryan Burkert

Zachary Williams
Faces of BHA is a regular column in Backcountry Journal, which spreads light on the incredible volunteers working behind the scenes to ensure the organization succeeds. This installment was published in the Winter 22 issue.  RYAN BURKERT Helena, Montana     Veteran Programs Lead, Armed Forces Initiative Photo by Josh Bent   “Our goal is to give veterans and service members a new mission, and that mission is conservation.”   What brought you to BHA? I discovered BHA not as a hunting and ...
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Soldier's Solace: A Mental Congressional Testimony

Arkansas BHA Chapter
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal.   BY Lieutenant Colonel JEFFREY M. JONES, U.S. ARMY RESERVE   I spent the morning reading “The Battle for Alabama’s Wilderness: Saving the Great Gymnasiums of Nature” by John Randolph, sent to me by a fellow member of the BHA Southeast Chapter Board, in a containerized housing unit in Baghdad, Iraq. I was amazed at the fortitude and tenacity of the public land champions in that era – regular folks who were able ...
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