As 2024 came to a close, Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers looked back on a year of many successes. We had one of our most active and impactful stewardship seasons ever, removing miles of obsolete fencing and improving habitat throughout the state. We mobilized supporters and allies to defeat the Prop 127 ballot initiative, which would have banned mountain lion hunting and–as importantly–challenged time-tested principles of science-based wildlife management (more on that win below). ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 30, 2024 Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Government Relations Manager, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org   The Sportsmen for the Rubies Coalition encourages strong collaboration as the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service seeks public input Elko, NV—Today, Nevada hunters and anglers celebrate the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement of a two-year oil and gas leasing moratorium on 264,000 acres in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The BLM manages the ...

Bjorn Dihle has lived his entire life in southeast Alaska, hunting and fishing from the Tongass National Forest to the northern Brooks Range and beyond. He is a family man, a wilderness and wildlife guide, a conservationist, and a contributing editor at Alaska and Hunt Alaska magazines. Bjorn is the author of the books Haunted Inside Passage, Never Cry Halibut, and A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears. Listeners might also know his work from his riveting story in Outdoor ...

Floating to the Hunt: Lessons from Alaska's River Expert, Barry WhitehillFloating the wild waterways of Alaska is a bucket-list adventure for many outdoor enthusiasts. For Barry Whitehill, however, it became a way of life. With decades of experience as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service professional, including a tenure as Deputy Refuge Manager at the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Barry has navigated some of Alaska’s most remote and stunning rivers. Retiring in 2009, Barry channeled ...

For Immediate Release:  Dec. 23, 2024  Contact:  Nadia Marji, VP of Marketing & Communications, nadia@backcountryhunters.org   In Final Days, Congress Sends Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Legislation to President’s Desk      WASHINGTON, D.C. — North American’s leading public lands advocacy group, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), celebrates the advancement of two bills passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate last week following their passage by the House of Representatives earlier this ...