This article originally appeared in the fall 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal.   BY RYAN BUSSE   As a young man I once stood on a mountain ridge so beautiful that I now find it impossible to describe. It was summer and a bird dog was at my side when I discovered the place that would change my life and come to be part of my very being. Like a military bootcamp, it broke me and then built me back up – wild, harsh and unspoiled by the hand of man and owned equally by all citizens of this ...

On Saturday, October 3, twenty BHA volunteers assembled to assist the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with planting sagebrush seedlings at Dedication Point near Boise, Idaho to help with an ongoing restoration effort. While not the exact date of National Public Lands Day, the teamwork and cumulative effort to plant approximately 300 seedlings in about two hours is enough to celebrate this contribution to public land restoration! With coordinated efforts between Boise State BHA Collegiate ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   House Natural Resources Committee advances bill that would conserve Boundary Waters watershed, maintaining traditional outdoor opportunities and conserving irreplaceable landscapes   WASHINGTON – Sportsmen and women, including Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, this afternoon reiterated their support of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today responded to a ruling by a federal judge that William Perry Pendley, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, has been serving unlawfully and cannot remain in his role at the BLM. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following reaction: “This proves that William Perry Pendley has been occupying his position as ...

The Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA), the voice for our public lands in the Hoosier state, is excited to announce a new volunteer partnership with the U.S. Forest Service in the Hoosier National Forest. Located in southern Indiana’s hill country, the Hoosier National Forest consists of 204,000 acres of hardwood forests, streams, and backcountry trails. Known to outdoor enthusiasts as simply “the Hoosier,” this forest is Indiana’s largest public-land holding, ...