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Mar

2013

CO BHA Supports SB 175: Habitat Stamp Reauthorization

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) would like to offer our full support of SB 13-175 as currently written, which will permanently reauthorize the Habitat Stamp Program. The Habitat Stamp is a sportsmen-driven program that has protected more than 170,000 acres of habitat from development and which has provided public access to 68,000 acres for hunting and 26 miles of streams for fishing.As a sportsmen conservation organization dedicated to protecting habitat and sporting ...
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13

Mar

2013

Exclusive Interview with Randy Newberg

You may know him from his hit TV show "On Your Own Adventures", or from the popular hunting forum "Hunt Talk", or as a founding board member of Orion, The Hunters Institute. Regardless of how you know Randy Newberg, it’s impossible to miss his energetic defense of the principles upon which our hunting heritage depends – public ownership and access to wildlife, wild backcountry habitat, fair chase hunting and a do-it-yourself spirit. Randy serves a much-needed voice for the average public ...
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12

Mar

2013

WA BHA Supports HB 1632: OHV Identification, Enforcement & Road Access

Washington Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is working hard in support of HB 1632, a bill which would require all all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) and utility terrain vehicles (UTV’s) to display a visible identification in exchange for limited legal road access. A portion of the revenue generated through the sale of license plates would be dedicated to a safety training program for OHV use. While the scope of road use that would be permitted by this legislation is still up for debate, there is ...
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12

Mar

2013

A view on mining: Industry makes big claims, but the reality is poverty, pollution

The following article by MN BHA Co-Chair David A. Lien originally appeared in the March 12, 2013 issue of the Duluth Tribune.  Click here for the original version of this article. An unabashed pro-sulfide mining group, “Jobs for Minnesotans,” has been touting pie-in-the-sky jobs numbers and other contrived economic benefits while ignoring the current sustainable jobs that could be lost to the watershed-ruining toxic legacy sulfide mines always have left behind.Sulfide mining never has been ...
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Mar

2013

Petition for More Hunter Walking Trails

MN Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been working hard on a campaign to expand non-motorized hunting opportunities through the expansion of Minnesota's popular, but limited Hunter Walking Trails.  This program ensures Minnesotan hunters have opportunities to hunt undisturbed public lands that offer the same sense of tradition, solitude and challenge that generations of hunters have experienced before us.  Further, public lands managed for quiet, non-motorized use provide some reasonable ...
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10

Mar

2013

CO BHA Testimony on SB 188: Landowner Voucher Program

The following testimony in opposition to SB 188 (Landowner Voucher Program) was delivered by Colorado BHA to the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee on 3/6/13.Thank You Senators for the opportunity to provide comments on behalf of Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is non-profit conservation organization made up of sportsmen and women who value sporting traditions that are wild and accessible to all. We share a common concern ...
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Mar

2013

Rendezvous Keynote Speaker, Jason Hairston Interviewed by Outside Magazine

By now you’ve probably heard of Jason Hairston, former NFL linebacker, backcountry hunter and founder of Sitka Gear and Kuiu. If not, be sure to take a minute to check out the latest interview with Jason in Outside Magazine. While not the traditional venue for an interview with a hunting industry pioneer, Outside Magazine meaningfully highlights the groundbreaking approach that Jason used to develop high-performance outdoor equipment, designed for the sweat and wet that backcountry hunters ...
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Mar

2013

What is Backcountry?

The following article was written by NM BHA Secretary/Treasurer, Peter Lupsha, with the aim of describing the evolving meaning of backcountry.This topic has been discussed in the Journal and round the campfire on more than one occasion. Backcountry in New Jersey, Delaware or most of the Middle Atlantic States differs from backcountry in the Rocky Mountain West. And, backcountry in Alaska is, of course, is in a class by itself.   It is conceptually easier to think of backcountry in these ...
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Mar

2013

Utah Newsletter February 2013

Author: Utah BHA
Utah Backcountry Hunters & Anglers are honoured to host Randy Newberg at the 2013 International Sportsmen Expo (ISE) in Salt Lake City, March 14-17. As host of the Sportsman Channel’s “On Your Own Adventures”, Newberg is a do-it-yourself hunter who hunts exclusively on public lands. Randy will be greeting visitors at the BHA booth when he’s not presenting an Expo seminar on hunting wolves. Randy is a longtime supporter of BHA. Check out his web page. For those who may not be familiar with On ...
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Mar

2013

Thompson Divide: CO BHA Asks the USFS and BLM to Let the Leases Expire

As outlined in an article that can be found on CO BHA’s Issues page here, the Thompson Divide provides one of the largest remaining tracts of unprotected, undeveloped roadless habitat in the state of Colorado. It remains one of the top units for elk hunting in the state, serves as the headwaters of four high-quality trout streams and hosts a fragile population of mule deer.On February 28, 2013, CO BHA spoke alongside other sportsmen, ranchers, teachers, the CEO of Patagonia, and over 50 ...
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