Central Yukon Resource Management Plan: Alaskans Deserve Stewardship, Not Political Shortcuts   The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (CYRMP) covers 56 million acres in...

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...

Alaska BHA Kenai Refuge Canoe Route Clearing Recap     By Neal Koeneman, Jeff Knisley, & Mary Glaves    Clearing the Canoe Portages on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge with Paddling-ton Bear &...

The Mendenhall Wetlands: A Place of Abundance and Connection by Alec Boyd-DevineThe Mendenhall Wetlands is a 4,000-acre wetland in the heart of Juneau, Alaska. It is home to a variety of flora...

  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...

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...

  Alaska BHA Spring 2025 Internship Recap by Lillian Thorington  As my internship with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers comes to an end, I feel I have so much to reflect on. At the end of an...

Recap: eBird for Waterfowlers, Birders, and Outdoor Enthusiasts – April 18–19, Juneau, AK by Alec and Angelica Boyd-Devine  Mary Glaves, Alaska BHA Chapter Coordinator, introducing the event...

IF4 Screening in Fairbanks 2025: An Annual Evening of Fishing Fun & Community by Nate Kibby   The International Fly-Fishing Film Fest (IF4) was a great gathering of angling enthusiasts. Around...

Recap of Alaska BHA’s Pint Night with Cameron Carroll, ADF&G Small Game Program Coordinator – A Great Time for Conservation and Community! by Alec Boyd-DevineOn the evening of April 7th, Alaska...

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...

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...

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...

  Blacktail Deer Foundation Pint Night Juneau: Recap and Citizen Science Opportunities by Lillian Thorington, AK BHA Intern Spring Overview of BDF in Southeast Alaska.   One of the most...

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...

Mountain Goat collars, skulls, horns, and ID information made available by ADF&G and RMGA at the Mountain Goat ID Pint Night  On the evening of January 31st BHA Alaska Chapter co-hosted a fun...

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...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 21, 2025 Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org   President Trump’s Day One Actions Include Assault on...

      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...

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...

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...

  Trapping Heritage and Education with Alaska BHA Board Member, Ryan Bandy  Greetings from the Interior, BHA members! As we arrive in December, trapping along the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers is in...

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...

First Annual Alaska Chapter Board Retreat and Crawdad Catch-and-Cook Stewardship Event October 2024: Event Recap     Board Retreat Earlier this year, our Chapter Chair, Dave Johnson, shared an...

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...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Aug. 29, 2024  Contact: Mary Glaves, 415-246-5329, glaves@backcountryhunters.org BLM to Maintain Conservation Status for 28 Million Acres in Alaska  Washington, D.C....

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...

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...

Update 5/1/2024: On April 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the WEST Act with a vote of 211-202. The Superior National Forest Restoration Act was passed with a vote of 212-203. On May...

  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...

PHOTO: Barry Whitehill, AK Chapter Vice ChairAn unparalleled experience for sportsmen and women can be had in Alaska’s famed Brooks Range – a region home to caribou herds, Dall sheep, moose and...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 3, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, MT.— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and 34 other conservation organizations are...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 6, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Oil and gas leases cancelled in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, conservation activities...

Of the many things that I remember wanting as a young kid, but not among the few that I never obtained, living in Alaska was in the top two. Early in my military career and after garnering...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org EPA Final Determination preemptively revokes Pebble Mine permit under Section 404(c) of...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Roadless Areas in the Tongass National Forest offer irreplaceable big game habitat, host...

BLM Map showing "D-1" lands to be opened for industrial development. D-1 lands are identified with checkered fill. Photo credit: BLM Do you hunt, fish, or recreate in the Upper Susitna River,...

Alaska BHA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) staff joined forces on National Trails Day to clear downed trees, brush, and encroaching vegetation from the Fuller Lakes trail in the Kenai...

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...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 11, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a move by the Biden...

We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family's 40-acre homestead...

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...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry roadless lands in the Tongass National Forest, a public lands crown jewel in southeast Alaska, will see conservation safeguards restored and new measures put in place...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 21, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Biden administration orders temporary moratorium on oil and gas development in the...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The entities sent a letter to leaders in Congress and the administration urging them to...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 28, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Despite overwhelming public opposition, Tongass National Forest’s salmon fisheries, big...

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...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 16, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Prime big game habitat and fisheries left vulnerable as administration exempts Tongass...

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 9, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  A road through key migratory waterfowl habitat would be developed under...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 14, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  Sportsmen Urge Senate to Reject Plan to Drill Arctic Refuge As Senate considers opening...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Alaska chapter is levying criticism against a bill being considered by the state legislature that would enable the state’s seizure of all...

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...

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,...

Each year, America’s 40 million hunters and anglers contribute $200 billion to the national economy, and support millions of American jobs. Hunting and fishing aren’t mere pastimes, they are...

The following BHA white paper provides a synthesis of research on the impacts that motorized use has on the landscape and wildlife.  The white paper is broken up into three sections: 1) soils,...

This report details how the proposed transfer, or sale, of America’s federal public lands would negatively affect sportsmen and women in the United States. A growing number of western state...