News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Limited-edition collection available now on Filson.com MISSOULA, Mont. – Filson and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced a limited-edition collection of co-branded products in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The collection of Filson staples feature officially licensed BHA graphics and logos and supports BHA’s mission to ensure North America’s heritage of hunting ...

Hunters are needed in the fight against Chronic Wasting Disease. Increased harvesting and testing of deer in CWD areas is crucial to halting its spread. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has released its new CWD management plan. Its core components are hunter participation along with increased hunting opportunities. An increased number of DMAP permits along with regular antlerless tag allocations have been made available to encourage hunters to harvest more deer and submit them for ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 18, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   House of Representatives bill would limit GAOA’s impact and scope, undermine bipartisan effort that resulted in its passage MISSOULA, Mont. – Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers responded to legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that attacks the Great American Outdoors Act, the widely popular bipartisan bill that President Trump signed into law last month. ...

By Laura Lundquist - September 16, 2020 - Originally published in the Missoula Current    The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act has finally gotten a committee hearing, although not much testimony was heard other than a few reasons to oppose it. On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Jon Tester’s Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act was one of 15 bills considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. But between the large raft of bills slated for the ...

The battle to defend public access to the entire Pine Tree Research Station near Colt, Arkansas may seem at first glance to be a matter of merely local interest.  Of the 11,850 acres on the property, 6,300 acres are under contract to be sold by the University of Arkansas to a private party, with rumors that the new, out of state owners plan to subdivide the land and sell it off as exclusive duck hunting clubs.  In an area with relatively few public places for hunting and fishing, local ...