FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 2, 2024  Contacts: Sam Davidson, Trout Unlimited, sdavidson@tu.org, 831-235-2542  Joel Weltzien, California BHA, weltzien@backcountryhunters.org, 406-925-3771   Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Trout Unlimited Laud Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument  White House action “needed and welcome” to better protect habitat,  water sources, and sporting opportunity in southern California  ARLINGTON, VA—Today, President Biden issued a proclamation expanding ...

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Alabama’s iconic Coosa River was recently named America’s fifth most endangered river. Its vast watershed, all 280 miles of tributaries and lakes, begins in the mountains of north Georgia and flows south through the very heart of Alabama. The Coosa, like so many American rivers today, faces intense pollution from industrial-scale poultry production and other agricultural runoff, as well as an array of other threats. The Coosa is also one of Alabama’s most popular rivers for fishing, ...

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) Board/Executive Leadership Team (ELT) member Dan Parkinson received the BHA Aldo Leopold Award for outstanding effort conserving terrestrial wildlife habitat at the BHA North American Rendezvous in Minnesota (on April 20, 2024). Dan has been a BHA Life Member since 2007. He joined the Colorado BHA Chapter Leadership Team (CLT) as Southwest Regional Director during 2014 and later joined the chapter Executive Leadership Team (ELT)/Board.[1] In 2014 ...

Congratulations Ryan Burkert on being the 2024 Eisenhower Award recipient     Ryan's remarks: In June 2020, I separated from the Army and moved to Montana to start the next phase of my life.  We were moving here to enjoy the public lands and waters. I didn’t grow up hunting, and when I moved to Montana, I had only hunted once but never filled a single tag…ever…anywhere.   As I left the military, I was also looking for an opportunity to continue to serve and give back.  I just happened to ...