During last year’s legislative session in Rhode Island the New England Chapter opposed a flurry of bills that sought to restrict the authority that the state and municipalities currently enjoy to manage lands that they own with the goal of “protecting” old growth forests. Read more about Rhode Island BHA’s 2022 legislative work in our 2022 Policy Roundup Earlier this year a similar bill, H5344, was introduced in the RI House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the current bill fails to ...

The New England Chapter of BHA has introduced legislation in the RI General Assembly that if passed would protect Rhode Island’s wildlife, and in particular our wild deer. H5864, introduced by Rep. Scott Slater (D – District 10) and S607, introduced by Sen. Matt LaMountain (D – District 31) are a continuation of our efforts during prior legislative sessions to prevent the establishment of big game captive hunting facilities in our Rhode Island. These bills seeks to prohibit importing native ...

From the Chair Hello everyone!  As the ice fishing season was a bit lackluster in my area this year, I am looking forward to Spring and getting after some brook trout andchasing turkeys and taking a bunch of folks with me to do it!  We have some really great events and plans for 2023. To start, we will be increasing our communications with NY members so watch your inbox each month and follow us on social media to keep up with the latest happenings. As a reminder, check your fishing license. ...

What comes to mind when you think of Montana? A vast sky where sun and clouds eternally play the game of hide and seek, with shadows dancing across undulating prairies interspersed with the open space of working ranches? Or ribbed, muscular mountains rising toward heaven, flanked with bottle-green trees, u-shaped valleys carved by glaciers with rivers running clear? Maybe a place teeming with biodiversity and wildlife still freely roaming, and hard-working people fighting to keep all the ...

    I got a email recently from a BHA member and a veteran in the south.  I thought this could be a good opportunity to answer it for the larger BHA community so everyone can benefit from this great question.   Question: I guess I’m just confused on what AFI does. Why does it seem to be set up as a different organization?    Is this going to be the business model of BHA moving forward to attract different segments of society? Thanks.    Answer:   Excellent question, thank you for reaching ...