For Immediate Release Feb. 1, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org  BHA’s North American Rendezvous 2024 Moves to Minneapolis Convention Center: Tickets Now Live  MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) announced the much-anticipated launch of ticket sales for Rendezvous 2024 held in Minneapolis, MN from Apr. 18-20. Rendezvous represents the annual gathering for the broader BHA community to celebrate the organization’s focus on access to ...

For Immediate Release                                                                                       January 17, 2024 Contact: Devin O'Dea, 415-246-5329, odea@backcountryhunters.org Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA Ramps up Defense of Public Access in “Corner Crossing” Case DENVER, CO. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) affirmed its role as the leading advocate for access to publicly owned land by adding its voice in the landmark “corning crossing” case ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDecember 6, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), a trailblazing public lands and conservation advocacy organization, announces the appointment of Patrick Berry as its new Chief Executive Officer. Following an extensive continent-wide search process, Berry, of Middlebury, Vermont, will take the reins of the North America-wide organization on Jan. 1, 2024. Berry’s hire will kick ...

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 ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 3, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, MT.— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and 34 other conservation organizations are speaking out against a proposed private road that would break up one of the most pristine and intact habitats left in Alaska. The proposed Ambler Industrial Road has posed unacceptable risks to Alaska’s Brooks Range for the last decade since the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) – A coalition of 41 conservation groups, including organizations representing millions of hunters, anglers, public land advocates, and wildlife professionals, have sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act (S. 2781), legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and James ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 23, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to announce that John Gale, the organization’s vice president of policy and government relations, has been selected for a Senior Executive Service position with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. His last day with BHA will be November 3, 2023. As the nation’s largest steward of public lands and waters, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Chuckwalla National Monument would span 660,000 acres of desert habitat with movement pathways for desert bighorn sheep, mule deer and other species COACHELLA, Calif. – Vast, intact public land expanses of Southeast California revered both by hunters and the region’s Tribes could be permanently conserved if a national monument is established, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers stated ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Made-in-Montana bill would protect important headwaters, facilitate timber harvests in appropriate areas and designate close to 80,000 acres of wilderness WASHINGTON – Early this morning, the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, a multifaceted land management bill incorporating diverse regional interests and values, advanced out of a U.S. Senate committee for the first time. The ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  The newest edition of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall 2023 issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America as hunters head into the woods for our favorite time of year. Here are some of the highlights of an issue that pays tribute to the work BHA ...