News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 5, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Final ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule integrates best available science, public input, conservation values WASHINGTON – Fish and wildlife – and hunters and anglers – stand to gain following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to finalize a long-awaited regulation that will restore protections of U.S. wetlands and streams. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers welcomed an announcement by ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org $1.7 trillion omnibus bill would fund federal government through end of fiscal year 2023 WASHINGTON – Early this morning congressional leadership released a $1.7 trillion bipartisan omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2023 that includes some increases for public lands management agencies, as well as funding for Interior Department programs that conserve fish and wildlife habitat. The ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 19, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The winter 2023 issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America. Here are some of the highlights of an issue that pairs perfectly with a cold evening, warm fire and your favorite beverage. All the Right Words: ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public access to adjoining public lands via corner crossing is demonstrably legal, BHA maintains CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has filed an amicus brief in a high-profile public access case that the U.S. District Court for Wyoming is expected to hear this summer. The ruling in the case, Iron Bar Holdings vs. Bradly Cape et al, could help establish the legality of a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 30, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org President promises action to protect Avi Kwa Ame and surrounding region, which comprise ancestral lands of 12 Indigenous tribes and important desert bighorn habitat MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers applauded a pledge by the administration today to conserve vital wildlife habitat and important cultural lands in southern Nevada. In remarks made at the White House Tribal ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, spanning ancestral lands of 12 Indigenous tribes, would conserve important desert bighorn habitat; public meeting draws diverse crowd of supporters LAUGHLIN, Nev. – Vital wildlife habitat and important cultural lands in southern Nevada would be permanently conserved if the Biden administration establishes a national monument in the region, Backcountry ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 15, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA applauds administration policy intended to protect important habitat, facilitate collaborative management strategies with states, Tribes, other stakeholders WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a decision by the Bureau of Land Management to formalize the conservation of connections between habitats, such as migration corridors, for fish and wildlife species, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 12, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument conserves valuable fish and wildlife habitat, historic military site EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. – Valuable wildlife habitat in central Colorado will be permanently conserved following today’s designation of Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument by President Joe Biden. Encompassing more than 10,000 acres of critical winter range for elk ...

News for Immediate Release Oct. 4, 2022 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org    Scholarship awards help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing access to adaptive equipment or assistance with outdoor education  MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to invite applicants for the second year of the Aidan Long Outdoors for All Scholarship, a fund dedicated to help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing access ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America. Here’s a preview of an issue dedicated to the memories we made in our favorite season and the work being done by BHA members across North America. BHA ...