The Colorado Chapter's Southwest BHA crew had a great Volunteer Day this August in advance of Public Lands Month. Three Chapter Leaders, ten Volunteers and two Forest Service officials were in attendance at the Hermosa Special Management Area (SMA). BHA Chapter Leaders and Volunteers spent the day assisting the Forest Service with the implementation of their Travel Management Plan to help protect an important watershed in the area. Together Volunteers, BHA Chapter Leaders, and Forest Service ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed Becca Fowler to serve as Assistant Regional Director for the Mesa County-Grand Valley Area and Brad Athmer to serve as Southeast Colorado Events Director/Coordinator. Becca was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved to Durango, Colorado, when she was nine. She is an adult-onset hunter who was inspired to become a hunter after joining Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “I joined BHA about 4 years ago,” she said. “I heard ...

In late July, Idaho BHA volunteers installed 11 new signs to remind motorized users to ride and drive legally on public lands.  The metal signs, which resemble a license plate, we placed on wooden barriers north of Emmett.  The barriers were constructed back in 2017 by BHA volunteers and other organizations, in cooperation with the Forest Service, as a response to reports of increased illegal motorized use on non-motorized routes in the area.  The metal signs were designed in partnership ...

Originally published on www.mensjournal.com by J R Sullivan William Perry Pendley, the new acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, wants to dismantle the very agency that he’s overseeing. That’s the concern of a whole bunch of sportsmen’s and conservation groups anyway, and they are not without good reason. The BLM manages 247.3 million acres of public land—land that rightfully belongs to every U.S. citizen, to access and enjoy. The BLM ain’t perfect. But all in all it does a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 13, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Koch follows a decades-long career in public lands resource management by joining BHA's North American leadership team MISSOULA, Mont. – Biologist Ted Koch has joined the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers North American board of directors, bringing passion and expertise on public lands honed during a career in natural resource management. As traditional bowhunter and ecologist, Koch ...