On a still morning in Humboldt County, BHA volunteers gathered at the Lacks Creek Management Area for the second year in a row to expand elk and deer habitat by reducing encroaching conifers on coastal prairies. When we arrived at the Beaver Ridge Prairie on Saturday morning, volunteers spread out across the hilly prairie as a couple blacktail bucks looked on with curiosity. Hand saws and hatchets made quick work of the encroaching douglas firs as thick stands fell  to reveal bunch grasses ...

Michigan DNR will release for public comment a draft of the new State Forest Management Plan Development of the Draft Management Plan was a monumental undertaking by the DNR and will set the 10-year goals, objectives, and long-term desired future conditions for the 4-million-acre State Forest system. This Plan is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainable management of the State Forest and to make sure the forest products we derive today – timber, wildlife, recreation, etc. are available ...

    The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is committed to our mission to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife.  Our wild public lands, waters, and wildlife are critical infrastructure that must be protected and managed for the good of the American people who serve as our public landowners.  Our chapter represents those public landowners across ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Aug. 30, 2024  Contact: Joel Weltzien, (406) 925-3771, weltzien@backcountryhunters.org Anglers and Hunters Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Create Sáttítla National Monument Trout Unlimited and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers support permanent protection for unique aquifer, upland habitats, and sporting opportunities of the Medicine Lake Highlands SACRAMENTO—Trout Unlimited (TU) and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) praised today’s announcement from Sens. Alex ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Aug. 28, 2024  Contact:  Thomas Plank | plank@backcountryhunters.org Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Run Full-Page Ads Urging CO, OR, CA, and AZ Legislators to Act to Protect Public Lands and Conservation Program   The Ads Will Target Congressional Reps. Boebert (CO), Bentz (OR), Calvert (CA), and Ciscomani (AZ)   Today, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), an organization representing outdoor sportsmen and women, announced full-page, print ads in Arizona, Oregon, ...