Kansas chapter of BHA is official! The North American board approved our chapter application in May after a lot of effort by a lot of people. Kansas is now part of the fastest growing conservation group in the world! Several members of the Kansas chapter attended Rendezvous in Boise, ID. As part of Rendezvous, two days of chapter leadership training was offered and attended. This training addressed everything from the logistics of running the chapter to effectively hosting events and ...

Many Americans are not aware of the true wealth they possess through their shared ownership of our Public Lands and Waters.  These wild places provide us untold benefits even if we do not ever realize it.  Besides the things outdoors enthusiasts enjoy like wild places to camp, hike, fish, hunt, watch animals, and just “get away from it all”, our public lands and waters hold numerous natural resources like grasslands, timber, minerals, and oil, which ultimately benefit all of us via the ...

With a few weeks to reflect on the numerous successes of the 2019 Michigan Chapter Rendezvous, common ground was the unofficial theme that kept popping into my head. Hundreds of individuals gathered at Tall Oaks Campground on August 16th and 17th, where we  surrounded by thousands of acres of our public lands inside the Manistee National Forest. For the outdoor enthusiasts, professionals, youth and many others that were getting their first taste of the hook and bullet community, this place ...

The Ohio Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers just wrapped up an exciting Learn to Hunt event.  With over 20 total people involved over the course of three different days, we could make this post quite lengthy.  We could talk about what we did good, talk about what we could improve.  Rehearse quotes from participants new to hunting, describe in lengthy prose the details of the hunt.   We are keeping this simple because of the following statistically-proven fact: Adult non-hunters are ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Lauren Jaebker to serve as an Assistant Regional Director for the Northern Colorado region. Lauren was born and raised on the west side of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She started fly-fishing at a young age and some of her earliest memories are from exploring the streams that flow west of Colorado Springs in the Pike National Forest. “Actually, before I was allowed to tag along on the streams, my dad would ask me to ...