UPDATE: Since this article was posted, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to create the "Rio Grande del Norte National Monument."  NM BHA appluaded habitat protection in the Rio Rio Grande National Monument in a recent press release.  A map of the habitat protected through this desgination can be found here or on the BLM's official Rio Grande del Norte web page.New Mexico Backcountry Hunters & Anglers proudly support a proposal to permanently protect critical big game habitat in the ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers will be holding the 5th annual rendezvous this year June 7-9 at the Florida Group Camp Ground in the San Juan National Forest.  Click here for the full event announcement.  We hope you can join!  If you have any questions or need more information about the event, please contact:Matt KennaVice-Chair, ColoradoBackcountry Hunters & Anglers970- 385-6941mattkenna@gmail.com

The following was written by BHA's Washington Coordinator, Matt Scott, a logger, outfitter and small business owner whose family's traditions and inspirations depend on the wilderness escape. Is Wilderness a bad thing? I’ve spent my professional life working my tail off to get the time and money needed to spend as much time in the wilderness as I could. Wilderness has given me much more than the opportunity to hunt and fish, it has given me and my family a place to reflect and get away from ...

The following blog post was submitted by Oriana Turley , on behalf of the Trailer Superstore. Oriana is a freelance writer, poet and outdoor enthusiast and spends most of her days on her homestead in Stevensville, Montana. There she plants food forests, raises Organic hogs and works as a child advocate throughout the greater Bitterroot Valley. "The best thing people can do is stay on a trail," says Lori McCullough, the CEO/Executive Director of Tread Lightly! Campaign Inc. "The worst thing ...

MN BHA Friends, For those of you who don’t get the Outdoor News, the 12/7/12 issue (p. 5) included an update on MN BHA vice-chair Matt Norton (see attached: “MEP Names Matt Norton As New Campaign Director”).  Then, in the 12/14/12 issue, Outdoor News editor Rob Drieslein had this to say about Matt: “Glad to see, as reported in last week’s Outdoor News, that the Minnesota Environmental Partnership [MEP] has selected conservation and legal expert Matt Norton as the group’s new campaign ...