Earlier this year, with your help, Wyoming BHA helped to defeat HB60 in the legislature. Our efforts were aimed at protecting the investment of hunter and angler dollars from a significantly expanded damages program that would incentivize wildlife to consolidate on private lands without any corresponding increase in public access. Unfortunately, in July we saw this game damages plan renewed by the Game & Fish Department through a regulation change, despite the overwhelming negative response ...

When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) invited our Washington Chapter to sponsor this year’s WAFWA Sage and Columbian Sharptail Grouse Workshop in Wenatchee, we were thrilled. The board’s decision to support the workshop at the top sponsorship level was unanimous. While few of us have had the opportunity to hunt these species in states where their harvest is carefully regulated, our commitment wasn’t driven by access to hunting opportunities—it was rooted in a deep-seated ...

Last Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, New England BHA Chapter board members, Aaron Townsley and Pat Saunders taught two sessions at the Masswildlife new hunter workshop held at the Masswildlife headquarters in Westborough, MA. They shared tips, biology, equipment, and met a lot of great people. One goal of the day was to connect new hunters to other new hunters in their perspective areas, to build community as well as knowledge. The chapter gained several new members and generated a great deal ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is disappointed that Proposition 127, which proposes a hunting ban for Mountain Lion, Bobcat, and Lynx, has garnered enough signatures to appear on the Colorado ballot this November. BHA urges its members and all conservation-minded citizens to work within their communities to educate their friends, family members, and neighbors on how this initiative contradicts science-based wildlife management and the use of hunting as a tool to manage vital species in ...

By Dan Wilson & Josh Wilund On August 1st, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced the first confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Washington state. The news hit like a gut punch, and within minutes, our phones lit up with texts from board members, emails from conservation partners, and calls from media contacts. Deep down, many of us in Washington who are tracking CWD knew this day would come, though we hoped we had more time. For those unfamiliar, CWD ...