Recently two concerned Coloradans documented violations by off road vehicle users that helped law enforcement officers uphold laws intended to promote solitude, conserve public lands and waters, and sustain fish and game. For their efforts, BHA presented these citizens with $500 rewards. Driving a vehicle off road or on a non-motorized route on national forest lands is a violation of federal law. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, collectively “GMUG,” have engaged the ...

In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species. To help deter such public lands abuses, and encourage the reporting of lawbreakers to appropriate authorities, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently teamed-up with the US Forest Service-Pike National Forest (South Platte Field Office) to post ATV/OHV enforcement ...

In Colorado, and on public lands nationwide, ATV/OHV overuse and abuse is increasingly impacting big game (and other wildlife) habitat and related watersheds for trout and other aquatic species. To help deter such public lands abuses, and encourage the reporting of lawbreakers to appropriate authorities, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently teamed-up with the US Forest Service-Pike National Forest (South Platte Field Office) to post ATV/OHV enforcement ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commends the recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to safeguard high quality undeveloped habitat in Colorado's Thompson Divide by cancelling controversial oil and gas leases in the region.Located west of Carbondale, the Thompson Divide provides one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of mid-elevation big game habitat in the state and serves as the headwaters to four high-quality trout fisheries, one of which is a gold medal water. The BLM’s ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 15, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org House Natural Resources subcommittee met today to consider the legislation;BHA urges sportsmen to unite, House to abandon unpopular effort WASHINGTON – Following a House of Representatives hearing on legislation that would transfer ownership of U.S. public lands, waters and resources away from the American people, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers condemned ongoing efforts by members of ...