On November 19, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its final Business Meeting of the 118th Congress. The record-breaking number of bills on the docket highlights the backlog of public lands legislation and the inability of Congress to properly pass these types of bills. The committee considered six bills supported by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, four of which would conserve a total of 2.9 million acres and 325 miles of waterways identified by BHA as high-priority ...

If you live anywhere in the country where public lands exist, be warned: special interests have become more emboldened than ever to privatize and profit from our public lands. As many Americans remained transfixed on the November 5th election, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been pushing back against an ominous tidal wave of opposition and antagonism to our public lands legacy. In one of the greatest betrayals of recent times, a growing coalition of elected officials in multiple states are ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 15, 2024 Contact: Devin O'Dea 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org | Scott Gibson 909-210-0548, scottygibson@gmail.com Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and the California Wild Sheep Foundation Join Forces with US Marines on Guzzler Tank Replacement Project for Peninsular Bighorn Sheep   ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK - In a critical effort to support Peninsular bighorn sheep and other native wildlife in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the California ...

As a veteran who has dedicated my life to serving this country, I am deeply troubled by an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would revive the Ambler Road project. This proposal, which seeks to expedite the construction of a private 211-mile road in Alaska for mining purposes, raises serious ethical and conservation concerns.  National Security Funding Misused  It’s disheartening to see national security funding being used to strip protections from our public ...