Listeners to the BHA Podcast & Blast will likely know Erin Block from her brilliant short essays at MidCurrent, Gray’s Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, and TROUT magazine, where she is an editor-at-large. Some might know her books on the the art of making bamboo fly rods (The View from Coal Creek), or By a Thread: A Retrospective on Women and Fly Tying. Some might follow her Instagram, a powerfully understated immersion in foraging, wildlife and birds, hunting and fishing and gardening. ...

On October 21st, 2023, the Nevada chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, Tuscarora Field Office conducted fencing repairs along Dixie Creek in northeastern Nevada. Most of the fencing repairs required along Dixie Creek stemmed from flooding and high flows that occurred in the spring of 2023 during the spring runoff that damaged fences crossing along the drainage. The high flows damaged approximately ten fence crossings along the lower ...

Throughout 2023, the Volunteer State BHA chapter had a ton of fun while making an exceptional impact on conservation! We hunted hard together, but more importantly spent time cleaning up our shared woods and waters. We partnered more extensively than ever before with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and other conservation groups in the state to create a wide spread impact! We look forward to hosting more habitat-focused volunteering events, more frequent get-togethers and expanding ...

By: Brian Stone PHD Indiana’s native bird populations are in trouble. Several species are declining, and US Forest Service proposals to address the issue in the Hoosier National Forest have been met with resistance. Most recently, federal legislation known as the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act (S. 2990) has been introduced by Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) to create a wilderness designation comprising for approximately 15,300 acres of disconnected ...

Winter solitude– In a world of one color The sound of wind.  - Basho[1]   As winter settles in across Colorado, many of us are looking forward to a holiday respite. But the hard work of conservation continues, and the threats facing our public lands don’t hibernate. Below you’ll read about just a few of the many issues Colorado BHA is engaged in to protect hunting, fishing, and wild places. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is only as strong as its members. Now through December 31, when you ...