Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers PO Box 9257  Missoula, MT 59807  November 25, 2019   Montana FWP Commission Helena, Montana    Dear Chairman and Commissioners   Re:  Petition to allow hovercraft on Bitterroot and Clark Fork Rivers     The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (MT BHA) opposes any modification of ARM rules that might modify current restrictions on motorized uses on the Bitterroot and Clark Fork Rivers, as included in the current Petition by Mr. ...

What a week we had with BHA President and CEO Land Tawney! Tremendous gratitude to all who came out to the events in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville and extra special thanks to the volunteers that made those events happen. Big time appreciation also goes to the individuals and organizations that opened their land, offices, shops, airplanes, boats, breweries and trucks to us while we toured Land over, in, on and around the great state of North Carolina. This was Land’s first visit to NC, ...

Popular opinion of California may be dominated by the cultures permeating from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, but hundreds of thousands of acres of public land border all of our major cities. Three bills essential to protecting and expanding California’s public lands are expected to pass through the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands this week. Though Rep. Judy Chu’s (D-CA) San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act (H.R. 2215), ...

  By Mike Clingan, Montana Outdoor Imagery   An email in my inbox from BHA caught my attention: “6 days volunteering for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation to improve trails in the backcountry with fellow BHA members.” Exactly the type of adventure that I needed and an opportunity to contribute to a place and cause that mean so much to me.   BHA partnered with the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, which was founded in 1996 when the U.S. Forest Service and a group of concerned citizens ...

The Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers needs your help in 2020 to protect public lands, waters and wildlife!  The chapter is looking for volunteers to help with many different aspects of the chapter business including: Events (fundraisers & meetings)  Stewardship (work projects & education efforts) Policy engagement (legislative issues & public land/water management plans) Communications (social media, newsletters, blog posts) We are looking for all levels of involvement.  It ...