News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 9, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Statement on the U.S. Presidential Election Results MISSOULA, Mont. – In the wake of a presidential election characterized by unprecedented conflict and vitriol, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers urged sportsmen to look forward: uniting in support of shared values, sound natural resources management and American public lands. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers maintains that hunting should involve an element of skill, woodsmanship and challenge. We must ensure that the ethical pursuit of fish and game is upheld and regarded as dearly as the wild backcountry landscapes that support their habitat. Hunting, fishing, methods of take and wildlife management policies are set by individual states, and BHA (including all of our state chapters) supports important wildlife management tools like hunting, fishing and trapping ...

October 28, 2016 Uncompahgre Field Office   2465 Townsend Ave. Montrose, CO  81401 Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS for the Uncompahgre Field Office Adam Gall, Colorado BHA Assistant Central West Slope Regional Director To Whom It May Concern,             My name is Adam Gall and I am submitting my comments on behalf of the Colorado Chapter of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.  I represent our State Chapter as the Habitat Watchman for the Gunnison NF and as the Assistant Regional Director ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 27, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Response to Acquittal of Bundy Brothers, Others in Malheur Takeover  MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers reacted with “profound disappointment” to the acquittal of a group of anti-government extremists, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy, in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in January.BHA President and CEO Land ...

VOTE NO ON I-177 Montana Citizens Initiative 177 proposes a general outlawing of trapping on public lands in Montana. We believe that trapping is one of the many opportunities for the citizens of Montana to use and enjoy their public lands, and to harvest wildlife. Well-regulated, science-based trapping has been demonstrated to be a valuable management tool. A blanket outlawing of public land trapping in Montana would not only negatively affect wildlife management, and the health of ...