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 ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 4, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org ‘Today is a dark day’ for America’s conservation legacy, says Backcountry Hunters & Anglers CEO MISSOULA, Mont. – Calling today “a dark day” for the nation’s conservation legacy, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers excoriated an anticipated announcement by President Trump to drastically reduce and dismantle two national monuments in Utah that encompass vast expanses of important fish and ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 16, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interactive habitat maps reveal what’s at stake in administration's national monument review MISSOULA, Mont. – As the Trump administration considers taking unprecedented action to reduce or eliminate national monuments, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is releasing detailed habitat maps of six Western national monuments on the chopping block. Each of the monuments – Bears Ears and Grand ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 10, 2017Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  Public Access to Sabinoso Wilderness Achieved Public lands sportsmen among loudest advocates for dealthat opens previously inaccessible New Mexico wilderness LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Public lands sportsmen and women are celebrating as a deal is inked that will open the Sabinoso Wilderness in northeastern New Mexico to the public for the first time. The Interior Department announced on ...