North Americans enjoy the benefits of a public lands system unique the world over, jointly owning hundreds of millions of acres. These lands are free for you to roam, to hunt, to fish, to camp and to experience the wonders of the natural world. You are a public land owner. Celebrate it with one of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ unique Public Land Owner or Keep Public Lands in Public Hands t-shirts.  Though we are bestowed this wealth of land as a birthright, the health of our shared lands ...

The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) supports a constitutional amendment dedicating the Texas Sporting Goods Sales Tax to state & local parks On November 5, 2019, Texans will decide on a ballot measure to amend the Texas Constitution to constitutionally dedicate the Sporting Goods Sales Tax to our Texas state and local parks.  If approved, the amendment will permanently dedicate revenue from the existing sales tax on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

July 8, 2019   Mr. John E.Tubbs Director, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 1539 11thAve PO Box 201601 Helena, MT 59620   Dear Mr. Tubbs:   Our organization, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, requests that the DNRC pursue a reciprocal easement with the BLM to assure long-term, non-motorized public access between DNRC lands and the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Deep Creek area west of Augusta, Montana. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry ...

Beat the summer heat! The New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is offering you four ways for a chance to win a 75-quart Yeti Tundra Cooler:  Renew your BHA membership by July 31 (early renewals are OK, we just add 12 months to your membership). Join BHA with a new membership by July 31. Purchase a gift membership for a friend and get a bonus chance – one for you and one for the new member. If you join or renew for a three-year membership you’ll get three chances to ...

By Michael Wright - July 2, 2019 - Originally published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle  A coalition of conservation groups wants a federal judge to block construction on a new trail in the Crazy Mountains while he mulls their lawsuit over access to the isolated mountain range. In an injunction request filed Friday, attorneys representing five groups that sued over public access to four trails in the range asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan to bar construction of the Porcupine Ibex ...