Think football season is over? Maybe not in Chief’s Kingdom! The Kansas Chapter of BHA has set up an 8 events in 8 weeks BHA Blitz! Check out our game plan: Kansas BHA has been working with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to develop a list of cooperative projects in State Parks and Wildlife Areas. At two events in the next two months, BHA members will help KDWPT with tree and brush removal, fence removal and clean-up of damage from the 2019 floods. A long list of ...

Vermont, like many other states, is realizing that outdoor recreation is big business and is trying to leverage this sector to encourage economic growth. At the same time there are efforts afoot to update Act 250, the Vermont statute that regulates land use. One issue that overlaps both of these topics is policy around the development of new trails and trail systems. On one hand the state and businesses are trying to stimulate the economy, in part, by quickly establishing new trail systems ...

For many sportsmen and women, the Great Lakes is more than just a body of water that contains some amazing hunting and fishing opportunities. The Great Lakes are a piece of the Midwestern soul. Countless generations of the sporting community have made lifelong memories on those vast bodies of water — each memory, each story is passed on to the next generation until they generate their own stories to be told to the sportsmen and women who follow them. The inherent value of the Great Lakes ...

Stephen came home from a BHA fundraiser, happy to tell me he had bid and won a guided elk hunt. I didn’t know right away that I would be going with him as the hunter.  He told me later that the hunt was for a military veteran or a first time hunter; Stephen wanted me to go as a first time hunter.  I grew up around hunting, whitetail, goose, duck and pheasant, but had never participated myself. I’m not certain why. Perhaps because hunting was so available, I took it for granted, or because we ...