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BHA Condemns Senate Proposal to Sell Off Up to 3 Million Acres of Public Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025  Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rebuking a sweeping new proposal released by the Senate...
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Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap

  Pop Up Waterfowl Birding at Chena Flood Project - A Recap by Nate Kibbey, Interior Representative AK ChapterMid-May is a great time to see all of the beautiful migrators pushing north. Birding...
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Stand Up for the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge

Hunting and Fishing Opportunities Threatened on the Mendenhall Wetlands The Mendenhall State Game Refuge (Taashuyee-Chookan.áani/Mendenhall Wetlands) in Juneau, Alaska, is a rare...
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A BHA Pint Night with Roman Dial

A BHA Pint Night with Roman Dial                 On March 26th a large group gathered at Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, Alaska. The group consisted of conservationists, students, outdoor...
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Alaska BHA's UAS Intern on SB 105

Alaska BHA's UAS Intern on SB 105 -Lillian Thorington's oral testimony at the committee hearing on March 17th.  Hello, I am your Miss Juneau Volunteer America, Lillian Thorington. I am also an...
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Western State Policy Spotter - March

This is your March 4th edition of BHA's Western Policy Spotter - a high-level scan of state policy and legislation impacting wild public lands, waters and wildlife across the West. Note - this...
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Draw Tag Results Day and Night: February 21st, 2025.

AWP Draw Tag Results Party Moose Call Winners.  On the evening of February 21, over 100 Alaskans: hunters, anglers and trappers from all over Southcentral Alaska, gathered at Double Shovel Cider...
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February 2025 with Alaska BHA - Newsletter

Alaska -- We made it through January, which was filled with Board of Game meetings, a few great Pint Nights, and a lot of news about public lands conservation in Alaska. Not...
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Happy Conservation Holidays from Alaska BHA

      Great news for Alaska's Public Lands to wrap up 2024!  On December 8, 2024, a significant win for conservation was achieved when an amendment mandating the Department...
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Smoked Goose Blueberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Smoked Goose Blueberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich      Growing up in the Midwest, I always had an ample amount of Canada geese breasts in the freezer. Since I stopped buying meat altogether, I found...
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Alaska BHA Beer Dinner Recap

BHA Beer Dinner Recap  A Night of Conservation, Community, and Culinary Delights   Darren Bruning, Deputy Director of Wildlife Conservation presenting on Wood Bison Restoration in AlaskaThe...
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Thankful for YOU, Alaska BHA

There is a new threat to Alaska's Brooks Range.  Veterans Against the Ambler Road: A Call for Responsible Stewardship of Public Lands "As a veteran who has dedicated my life to...
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Alaska BHA Fall 2024 Newsletter

Mary -- Tis the season for hunting, canning, and for some animals and humans, hibernating. But not for AK BHA!  Summer seems all but a blurr and we're still in freezer filling...
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Alaska BHA August 26th Newsletter: Essence of Fall

The essence of fall is in the air and termination dust has even made an appearance in some areas. Fall is here in Alaska...Our favorite time of year! This fall, aside from all the...
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BLM Denies Ambler Road Permit

Unloading for a backcountry hunt in the Brooks Range. PC: Barry Whitehill, AK Chapter of BHA.    BHA and Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range Celebrate the BLM's Denial of the Ambler Road...
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Call of the Wild - Alaska BHA Volunteers Answer

  Call of the Wild - Alaska BHA Volunteers Answer by Barry Whitehill “The Call” for volunteers to help at the start of the 2024 Yukon Quest by former Alaska BHA Board member Travis Booms saw...
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AFI Alaska in the News

Alaska AFI leader David May had the opportunity to represent the program.  Have a listen below.   https://sourdoughoutdoorsmen.buzzsprout.com/1443304/10367598 This time on Lead and Line, Brandon...
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Alaska Announces First Sanctioned AFI Installation Club

Alaska AFI is excited to announce the South Central Installation Club, the first of three officially-sanctioned Installation Clubs in our state. The State of Alaska and our Armed Forces have...
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Saving Coni Island

South of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska there still exists intact ecosystems that remain largely unchanged except by forces of nature.  This is one of the largest public land wild areas left...
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Alaska BHA Summer 2016 Update

Summer has come to Alaska, snow and ice are giving way to green tundra and flowing rivers. Salmon are steadily making their way upriver and AK BHA members are already into the frantic pace of...
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Alaska BHA Spring 2016 Update

With great sadness the Alaska chapter bids farewell to our long-term chair Mark Richards. Mark has taken a position with an Alaska-based hunting organization, and while he will be sorely missed,...