Dear Montana Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Member: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (MT BHA) is made up entirely of member-volunteers. Last year was packed full of issues threatening our core values as Montana backcountry hunters and anglers, and we could not have accomplished all we did without you! Not only did we experience a lot of growth, but more importantly we had some major conservation successes. Please review the following report for a summary of our ...

A radical cry to wrest our national forests and Bureau of Land Management land away from public ownership is being heard throughout the West. That cry should alarm all Americans who cherish their freedom to hunt and fish. The American people own 450 million acres of national forest, rangeland, wildlife refuges and national parks. Some of these lands are famous while others are obscure "secret spots." They include trout streams, elk pastures, duck marshes and huckleberry patches. Our federal ...

In conjunction with Trout Unlimited, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and dozens of other conservation groups and outdoors businesses, BHA produced a report on our nation's national monuments to highlight the incredible hunting and fishing values these protected areas have to offer. Written by Field & Stream's contributing editor Hal Herring, the report highlights five national monuments and the sportsmen who hunt and fish in them. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, NM; Berryessa Snow ...

The winter issue of our magazine Backcountry Journal hit BHA member's mailboxes in early February. Here's a taste of what you'll find inside... Special feature on the High Divide Region of Idaho and Montana, focusing on the work BHA is doing to protect this incredible area. Backcountry hunting and angling from Florida's Everglades and Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands to Norway. Instruction on cooking fresh deer heart and hunting around major storm events.We hope you enjoyed this issue! Join BHA ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - In the wake of the arrest in Oregon of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada scofflaw and leader of a movement to seize public lands from the American people, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement: "The American people can take satisfaction in knowing that justice is being served to those who would steal or misappropriate our public lands and waters. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers thanks federal law enforcement personnel for arresting ...