It is not often that a bill moves through the legislature with such widespread and bipartisan support as HB 2271, which would establish the first Saturday in April as Public Lands Day throughout the state. After already passing unanimously in the House 60-0, HB 2271 now is quickly making its way through the state Senate. Arizonans have made it clear that public lands are an essential part of living in this great state. The recent Colorado College Conservation in the West Poll shows that 64 ...

The Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers 11th annual Rendezvous is scheduled for May 31 – June 2, 2019 (nights of Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1). We will be setting up camp at the Lakeview campground in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest (between Leadville and Buena Vista) near the Twin Lakes Reservoir. Mount Elbert (14,433 ft.), Colorado’s highest peak, is in the vicinity along with plenty of fishing and other hiking options, including the Colorado Trail. Visiting Camp Hale (17 miles ...

The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauds two pieces of legislation authored by state Rep. Mike Turzai of Allegheny County aimed at increasing the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s ability to purchase and conserve wild public land for wildlife habitat and for hunting and other outdoor recreation. When acquiring new lands for conservation, the Game Commission is capped at a purchase price of $400 per acre. This makes it difficult for the commission to strategically ...

Representative Judy Chu and Senator Kamala Harris have each introduced companion legislation in the House and Senate aimed at further protections and expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, located within the Angeles National Forest and just a stone’s throw and 30-90 minute drive, pending our world-renowned traffic, from downtown Los Angeles. While the House bill has sat idle in committee since 2017, the Senate bill was just recently referred to committee at the end of ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) met in Gunnison (and nearby Almont) for their chapter’s first formal Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM) during the weekend of March 8-10, 2019. Lodging was in Almont at the Three Rivers Resort, where they also held a successful Public Lands Pint Night Friday evening and hosted a wild game cookout Saturday evening. Meeting attendees included 17 Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) members (with 6 Executive Leadership Team/Board members in the ...