Veterans Day 2023 Kansas Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative hosted 15 Participants at an Upland 101 event near Jetmore KS.   Participants received instruction on: Public Land Access in Kansas Upland habitat identification  Upland hunting tactics - drives - dog work - wind direction Pheasant and quail species ecology and management within the State of Kansas "This was an amazing event that is super repeatable" - Matt Nicole KS AFI Liaison.   The combination of ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNovember 15, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Three BHA staff members have been chosen to fill newly-created positions focused on land stewardship and state and regional policy and conservation imperatives. Brittany Parker has been named Habitat Stewardship Manager. In her new role, she will work across the U.S. with BHA field staff, volunteers, state and federal land management agencies and other partners to ...

In support of wild places and more public access, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 14 at the polls earlier this month, dedicating significant money to acquire and develop new state parks. The Texas Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is thrilled with the overwhelming support shown by voters in passing Proposition 14, The Centennial Parks Conservation Fund.  The fund made up of a portion of a state budget surplus, will dedicate $1 billion to create additional new parks across ...

If allowed, an oyster farm in Sapowet Cove would become the closest that CRMC has EVER allowed an aquaculture development to be permitted to any existing state public-access feature. Over two years ago Rhode Island BHA submitted testimony to Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) detailing our concerns with Application 2020-04-037, which seeks to establish an oyster farm in wading-depth water adjacent to Tiverton’s Sapowet Marsh Wildlife Management Area. This Tuesday, ...

In the November Regional Advisory Council (RAC) meeting agenda, we saw various proposals from the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) emerge for public comment, some of which directly relate to BHA core issues, including hunter opportunity and access. The Utah Chapter of BHA provided written comment to the different RAC’s and the Wildlife Board which mainly focuses around two issues affecting Access and Opportunity: (1) the recommended changes to the Landowner Association program and (2) ...