For Immediate Release:  May 7, 2025  Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Less than a week after expressing cautious optimism over the exclusion of public land sales in the House Republicans’ budget proposal, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is condemning a late-night maneuver that sidestepped stakeholder engagement and ignored conservation impacts. Just before midnight, members of the House Natural Resources Committee advanced an amendment authorizing the sale of ...

For Immediate Release:  May 2, 2025    Contact:  media@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, welcomes a significant development in the ongoing fight to keep “public lands in public hands.” This week, the House Natural Resources Committee released its portion of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package and proposals to sell or transfer public lands are nowhere to be found.    BHA and public ...

For Immediate Release: April 30, 2025 Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org   In New Ads, Hunters and Anglers Thank Sens. Heinrich and Hickenlooper for Protecting Public Lands Ads in Colorado and New Mexico Newspapers Spotlight Senators’ Opposition to Public Land Sell-Offs   Missoula, MT — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), the leading advocate for the conservation of our public lands which seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, placed ...

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 16, 2025  Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org    Administration to Rescind Public Lands Rule, Potentially Shirking Public Engagement  Notice of the administration’s intent comes after the suspension of the federal advisory council responsible for overseeing implementation of the Public Lands Rule earlier this year.   Washington, D.C. – Acting on earlier direction from Department of Interior ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 7, 2025    Contact:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org    Washington, D.C. – Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate advanced a budget resolution, marking an early step in the process to pass a budget reconciliation bill – legislation that can ultimately become law with a simple majority vote and cannot be filibustered. This follows reports confirming that the Republican majority in Congress is considering ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2025   Contacts: Dan Johnson, California/Nevada Public Lands Manager, Trout Unlimited, dan.johnson@tu.org Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org Russell Kuhlman, Executive Director, Nevada Wildlife Federation, Kuhlman@nvwf.org                 This week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced legislation to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains from oil and gas ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2025    Contacts:  Kaden McArthur, Director of Policy & Government Relations, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org  Lukas Leaf, Executive Director, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, lukas@sportsmenbwca.org    Hunters and Anglers Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Boundary Waters A historic push to ensure future generations can hunt, fish, and paddle in the iconic watershed could be in dire jeopardy if public ...