By BHA Board Member, Jay Banta of Torrey, Utah The flaring disputes in southern Utah about the appropriate uses of public land highlights one of the very reasons Backcountry Hunters & Anglers was formed: Making sure our shared public land resources are managed responsibly and passed on to future generations. That is why sportsmen and women must speak out against the threatened illegal ATV ride in a Bureau of Land Management administered area that is closed to motorized use. BHA members, many ...

PRESS STATEMENT Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Utah Chapter Friday, May 9, 2014 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, including its Utah Chapter, condemns the illegal ATV protest ride at Recapture Canyon as destructive, misguided and counterproductive. The Bureau of Land Management faces a complex task of balancing multiple uses of our public lands, including recreation, wildlife, clean water and grazing.  Many members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers own ATVs, and realize that reasonable limits ...

 Join BHA, help us stop this national land grab!   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, ...

                                                                        September 20, 2013To:     New Mexico Game & Fish CommissionFrom: New Mexico Chapter, Backcountry Hunters & AnglersIssue:  Regulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (Drones) in HuntingBackground:Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems (commonly called “drones”) are increasingly important in the military and have high potential to contribute to the fields of wildlife biology, search-and-rescue, agriculture and many other ...

By BHA Utah Coordinator, Ken Theis.Most of us, as we get older, become more resistant to change.  That is especially true when it comes to seeing changes to the hunting and fishing places we treasure.  Seldom do changes to our favorite places seem to be an improvement.  Think about it--how many places do you know where hunting or fishing is better now than it was 25 or more years ago?Changes that impact wildlife habitat tend to occur gradually--a few houses, or another road, or maybe we ...