AZ BHA has joined Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation. We attended our first meeting in February. This organization unites the most important conservation organizations in Arizona and controls grant funding from the monies collected from the Arizona conservation license plate. During the meeting the membership voted unanimously to craft a “No Public Lands Transfer” proclamation to share with state politicians, businesses and other organizations.  We also attended the AZGFD-led ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior that one of the last remaining oil-and-gas drilling leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis & Clark National Forest will be cancelled. The region lies between the Bob Marshall Wilderness and Glacier National Park. BHA board member Ryan Busse, a Kalispell resident, issued the following statement: “The Badger-Two Medicine ranks high among Montana’s most beautiful and ...

The state of Colorado currently provides public hunting and fishing access on a mere 20 percent of its state trust lands, or approximately 480,000 of 3 million acres. This represents the lowest level of public access offered on state trust land in any state in the West. Of the other 80 percent, much of the best hunting and fishing is leased to the highest bidder for exclusive recreational access, locking out most sportsmen. Contrast this with our federal public lands, nearly all of which are ...

Outdoor Life Online: Dec. 31, 2014 “Stop this Silly Talk” ... instead of continuing to talk about shedding federal land in America, let’s talk about making what we have more accessible and productive. Field & Stream Online: Dec. 31, 2014 “The ‘ultimate disaster’... The idea to sell or give away these lands... is now a major concern.” Petersen’s Hunting Magazine. Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015 “But instead of adding more land, our Federal government, in most cases spearheaded by conservative Republicans ...

For years, Minnesota BHA has been working hard to protect the world-renowned fisheries and backcountry habitat from proposed mines in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area. On March 8th, 2016 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton responded with a letter stating that the state will oppose any new mining agreements on state lands near the BWCA.  This is Minnesota BHA's response... Governor Dayton, The MN Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers thanks you for your leadership in ...