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Sep

2018

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Appoint Habitat Watch Volunteers

Author: David Lien
The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed Jeff Ludwig, Ryan Sheets and Alex Cohen to serve at the chapter’s newest Habitat Watch Volunteers (HWVs). Jeff and Alex will perform HWV duties for the Rio Grande National Forest and Ryan is volunteering for the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest(s).   Jeff was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived in Indianapolis for six years before moving to Colorado in 2018. He didn’t grow up in a hunting family, but ...
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18

Sep

2018

Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 18, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The latest edition of BHA’s quarterly publication, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in members’ and distributors’ mailboxes this week. The new issue is loaded with educational and experiential articles about backcountry adventure, the politics of public lands – including BHA’s new campaign ...
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18

Sep

2018

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Author: Sam Lungren
By Sam Lungren, Backcountry Journal editor This piece was published in the Fall 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal. Since this article was published, the Biden administration has begun their reconsideration of the previous administration’s decision to extend leases for copper mining in the Superior National Forest upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In August 2021, President Biden's Secretary of Agriculture told the public that he was waiting for a legal opinion from ...
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17

Sep

2018

Tongass National Forest, Other Alaska Roadless Lands Could Be Developed Under State-Federal Plan

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 17, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Healthy salmon fisheries, remote big game habitat at risk of industrial development; other roadless backcountry in Alaska threatened MISSOULA, Mont. – Remote fish and wildlife habitat in America’s largest national forest, the Tongass in Alaska, soon could be crisscrossed by a network of roads and other inventoried roadless areas left vulnerable to similar development under a proposal ...
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17

Sep

2018

BHA Podcast & Blast, Public Lands Month BONUS Episode: Ryan Callaghan and Kenton Carruth of First Lite

Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia and Kenton Carruth of First Lite. Photo by Chris Crisman    This summer, host Hal Herring was invited on a fishing trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness by Ryan Callaghan, a member of the BHA North American board and the director of conservation and public relations at First Lite. Joining them was First Lite co-founder Kenton Carruth and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Recognition of the collective power of outdoor interests – that we are more united in our ...
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17

Sep

2018

Meet the Filson Boston Storytellers

Join the New England Chapter September 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the new C.C. Filson store in Seaport for a live storytelling event.  BHA's Campfire Stories presented by C.C. Filson is guaranteed to entertain and inspire! We’ll have a killer lineup of veterans and pros of the woods and waters of North America spinning their best yarns in Filson’s brand new Boston store. This event includes a 1-year membership to BHA for you or a friend, dinner, drinks, free reign of the brand new Filson store ...
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15

Sep

2018

LETTER: Montana BHA Supports Existing Bitterroot Travel Plan

Author: Greg Munther
Objection Reviewing OfficerBitterroot Travel PlanUSDA Forest Service26 Fort Missoula RoadMissoula, MT 59804 Appeals-northern-regional-office@fs.fed.us OBJECTION The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is objecting as a supporter of the previous Bitterroot Forest Decision to close the Blue Joint and Sapphire Wilderness Study Areas to mountain bikes. Our organization is composed of more than 2,600 Montana hunters and anglers, many of whom use and will continue to use both the ...
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14

Sep

2018

Wyoming Chapter Donates $1,500 to Access Yes

Recently, the Wyoming Chapter of BHA made a donation of $1,500 to Access Yes, a significant show of support for a very important program. Access to hunting and fishing grounds is a critical issue for all sportsmen and women. The Wyoming Chapter is proud to support this program, Wyoming Game and Fish, and the hunters and anglers who depend on Access Yes. "In a state that is roughly 50% deeded private acres, it is crucial that the hunting public have avenues to gain access for hunting and ...
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14

Sep

2018

New York BHA speaks up for LWCF

Author: New York BHA
On Sunday, September 30th the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of our country’s most successful outdoor conservation tools, is set to expire and BHA needs you to take action to prevent it from happening.  Since its bi-partisan inception in 1964, the LWCF has contributed close to $4 billion for federal, state and local governments to sustain important lands, waters, conserve fish and wildlife habitat, and to enhance public access to those very same lands and waters.  As BHA-NY ...
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13

Sep

2018

Congress Votes to Advance LWCF Reauthorization, BHA Responds

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 13, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed a unanimous vote by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to advance a measure that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually. The House Natural Resources Committee passed a modified version of a bill, H.R. 502, in a voice vote today. Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and ...
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