On Saturday September 28 the New England Chapter of BHA partnered with the USFS and the USFWS staff on the Green Mountain National Forest and the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge for National Public Lands Day projects. On the GMNF, BHA members, spearheaded by Joshua Hardt, started the day in Ripton, VT and traveled to three sites to clean up gravel pits that have been used illicitly as shooting ranges. Using gravel pits as a safe place to sight in a rifle or target practice has been ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Secretary David Bernhardt extends Pendley’s appointment to 2020 WASHINGTON – Reacting to an administration decision to extend the appointment of William Perry Pendley, a noted public lands critic, as acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following response: “As hunting season enters full swing, ...

Originally published in the Billings Gazette   For decades, the USDA at Fort Keogh allowed hunters, anglers and other recreationists access to the only decent boat ramp on the Lower Yellowstone River for over 50 miles. That is until vandalism and property damage led them to, understandably, lock the only access gate. Wanting to find an amicable solution to reopen the site, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, along with other sportsman’s groups, local businesses and local ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 26, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Natural resources funding increased, but lack of dedicated, full funding for LWCF a missed opportunity WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is calling a Senate fiscal year 2020 spending bill a positive on many fronts, although appropriators are settling for only a modest increase for the Land and Water Conservation Fund over currently enacted levels. The Senate Appropriations ...

The State Game Commission met Sept. 18 in Cloudcroft, and although no final decisions were made, the Commission showed its intention to approve major changes to bear, cougar and trapping rules in November -- including revising bear seasons in southern New Mexico that some hunters said could create problems in the future. As it has in its previous meetings, the new Commission started with a report from NMDGF staff about their work. In Cloudcroft, the Fisheries Division reported on its ...