Action Alert – Protect Shoreline Rights in Rhode Island Last week the Rhode Island team posted about our work to protect shoreline access in Rhode Island by supporting ongoing legislation in H5469 and S0521, which will clarify where our Constitutional Rights to fish, forage and pass along Rhode Island’s shoreline can be practiced by establishing an easily identifiable boundary that is tied to the most recent high tide line. The lack of a clear boundary in Rhode Island law has led to ...

After ten years or so of chasing mountain Merriam’s turkeys through the ponderosa pine-dotted mountainsides and meadows of southwest Colorado, and occasionally putting one in the freezer, it seems like a good time to reflect on the reasons why so many of us find turkey hunting so addicting. Put plainly, “Why hunt mountain Merriam’s?” To those so afflicted, it may seem like a dumb question, but I know plenty of longtime hunters who have never longed to hear the primordial call of a gobbling ...

BHA's Collegiate Program is no stranger in Kentucky where we launched the first BHA scholarship at the University of Louisville last year. This year they celebrate another win, by welcoming their first official BHA college club at Murray State University led by graduate student Jacob Pease and professor Dr. Howard Whiteman. Say hello to the new leaders of Murray State University BHA (then follow their work as a club on Instagram @murraystatebha)!   Jacob Pease is originally from Versailles, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 24, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Fleet Farm has deep roots in Midwestern hunting and fishing and has served hardworking families since its founding in 1955 MISSOULA, Mont. – Fleet Farm and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have launched a corporate partnership that will advance both Fleet Farm’s and BHA’s stake in the conservation of public lands and waters, sustaining and expanding public access opportunities and ...

  This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists   Author Bjorn Dihle is, among many other things, a BHA member, Backcountry Journal contributor and an ardent defender of wild places – especially the Tongass National Forest surrounding his Southeast Alaska home. A Shape in the Dark is a look at the long and complex relationship between humans and brown bears ranging from the journals of Lewis and Clark and accounts of Indigenous peoples all ...