The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) has three Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) members, along with two additional Colorado BHA members, serving as Statewide Delegates on the Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) Sportsmen’s Roundtable. Colorado BHA CLT members Adam Gall and Ryan McSparran were selected to serve as Roundtable Statewide Delegates during 2018. More recently, during July 2019, CLT member Cody Doig was appointed as a Statewide Delegate. In addition, Colorado BHA ...

Members of the Arizona chapter came from all over the state and braved the scorching desert heat to meet up in the town of Gila Bend and work alongside Bureau of Land Management employees to install signs promoting responsible OHV use in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The 776 square mile national monument, which is located in the most biologically diverse desert in North America and contains three federally designated wilderness areas is managed by the BLM and lies just sixty miles ...

Wild fruit is a food collector’s fantasy, a gift that practically begs to be taken. Starting in spring, the plants wave their white flower flags to show you where to find them come summer – juneberries and cherries in the hedgerow, strawberries in the sand, blackberries and raspberries along the logging cut, elderberries on the streambank, and blueberries from the mountaintop all the way down to the granite pond. With every passing day in spring, a new place flushes white with beacons of ...

On July 31st approximately 100 public land owners joined Idaho BHA for a screening of the Public Land Owner Film Festival at Idaho BHA chapter sponsor Rivertons store in Eagle, ID.  Guests were treated to a series of short films highlighting recreation, hunting and fishing on public lands.  Originally premiering at the 2019 BHA National Rendezvous, the films included archery hunts, backcountry fly fishing, mule deer migrations, mountain bike fishing trips and many others.  The stories ...

On August 9th, Wyoming Board Members Erik Kramer and Ross Crandall hosted a Disease Workshop in Jackson with the goals of getting hunter’s disease-related questions answered as well learning how to obtain and submit lymph nodes to be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease.   Many of the 35 participants asked questions during the Q&A and the lymph node demonstration clarified the process for those who have either not done it before or had a hard time in the field.  Overall, the workshop was a ...