FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   May 22, 2025     Contact:   media@backcountryhunters.org    Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Stands by its Position: Corner Crossing is NOT a Crime  Iron Bar Holdings Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Review Corner Crossing Ruling    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, is responding today to news that Iron Bar Holdings, LLC will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the landmark corner crossing ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 22, 2025  Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org    BHA Pushes for Permanent Protections of Two Iconic New Mexico Watersheds   Washington, D.C. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) strongly supports the reintroduction of the Pecos Watershed Protection Act, legislation aimed at permanently safeguarding New Mexico's Pecos River Watershed from mineral development. This bipartisan bill was reintroduced ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2025   CONTACT:  Russell Kuhlman, executive director, Nevada Wildlife Federation: Kuhlman@nvwf.org  Devin O’Dea, western policy & conservation manager, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: odea@backcountryhunters.org    Ruby Mountains Administrative Mineral Withdrawal Cancelled   ELKO, NEVADA - The Ruby Mountains Mineral Withdrawal announced by the Department of Interior at the end of last year has been cancelled by the United States Department of Agriculture ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 6, 2025 Contact:  Devin O'Dea, Western Policy & Conservation Manager, odea@backcountryhunters.org Rapid City, SD — January 6, 2025 — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) commends the Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service for the final decision to withdraw 20,510 acres in the Black Hills National Forest from potential mineral exploration and development. The 20-year withdrawal of the Pactola Reservoir and Rapid Creek Watershed is a victory for clean ...

News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 24, 2023Contact: Devin O'Dea, 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org Wildlife Conservation Board Awards Multi-Million Dollar Grant to U.C. Davis for the Interstate 8 Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Crossing Project Sacramento, California – The Wildlife Conservation Board has voted to approve a $5.8 million dollar grant to the University of California, Davis (U.C. Davis). The grant will fund the planning and design of a wildlife crossing aiming to provide safe ...