In New Mexico and throughout the West, politicians have their eyes set on selling off the public lands that you depend on to hunt, fish and recreate.  We simply cannot stand idle as special interests seek to rob us of our American birthright. Join new Mexico Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and sportsmen from throughout New Mexico, Thursday, January 29th at 2:00 PM on the steps of the New Mexico State Capitol as we rally support for keeping public lands in public hands.  You simply cannot ...

Senator Ron Wyden was unsuccessful in his attempt to attach his important O&C timber management bill onto the Defense Appropriations bill passed at the end of the lame duck session in December.  His bill would modernize the way timber is logged in western Oregon’s 2.8 million acres of checkerboard BLM lands providing more economic certainty for 18 counties.  It also set aside half of these lands for concentrated conservation – protecting important water resources and the icons of Oregon – ...

By BHA Conservation Director, Holly Endersby. Last month I sat in a cheerful downtown office while a friendly insurance agent entered information into a computer. As I sat in her tiny work space, my eyes were drawn to a small glass vase on the desk. Hovering like an aquatic helicopter was a fish whose scales shimmered with iridescent beauty under the artificial light. It shared its home with the roots of a water loving plant whose leaves garnished the top of the vase like parsley on a dinner ...

Help us thank Senator Jon Tester and Congressman Steve Daines for their bi-partisan work on behalf of Montana's wild public lands and waters.//www.youtube.com/embed/JhB9RS--zFU?rel=0&wmode=opaque

Napa, Calif. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed the Interior Secretary and Under Secretary of Agriculture to California for a public meeting about the opportunities to protect Berryessa Snow Mountain as a national monument.   “Hunting and angling are inextricably linked to healthy habitat. It is our responsibility as sportsmen to protect our wild country and public lands,” said J.R. Young, a volunteer leader of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers-California and resident of Los Gatos. ...