News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 18, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to President-elect Joe Biden’s planned nomination of Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following reaction: “Michael Regan is an experienced manager of environmental resources in ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 17, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – Reacting to President-elect Joe Biden’s planned nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico as secretary of the Department of the Interior, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following response: “Rep. Haaland has been a vocal and effective leader in the House of Representatives, championing conservation issues and elevating ...

Eukanuba believes in helping dogs go further and achieve peak performance – all on North America’s expansive public lands and waters MISSOULA, Mont. – Eukanuba and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have launched a corporate partnership that will advance both Eukanuba’s and BHA’s work in support of public lands and waters, public access opportunities and ethical practices afield. Eukanuba believes that inside every dog is an extraordinary athlete. For 50 years, Eukanuba has used the power of ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 11, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  USFS cited input from sportsmen and women as reason for change in course MISSOULA, Mont. – In a win for public access and public lands hunters and anglers, the U.S. Forest Service has removed sections of prime public lands elk habitat from a land swap in the Crazy Mountains in response to input provided by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members and others.  The concerns raised by ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 9, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to President-elect Joe Biden’s planned nomination of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary, a role he held for eight years during the Obama administration, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney issued the following statement: “American hunters and anglers are keenly aware of the Department of Agriculture’s crucial ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org AVROA will establish a task force to ensure public lands and waters can be a therapeutic treatment for military veterans returning to civilian life WASHINGTON – The Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act, legislation that will identify and recommend policies that promote public lands and waters as health and wellness care for military veterans, was signed by the president on ...

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 7, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The entities sent a letter to leaders in Congress and the administration urging them to conserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska MISSOULA, Mont. – As a controversial plan to open sensitive fish and wildlife habitat within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge advances, a cadre of outdoor-focused businesses and groups is uniting in support of the ...

DEW Outdoor Grant will be used for work to enhance public access, promote the stewardship of public lands and waters, support habitat improvement projects and encourage participation in the outdoors. Lexington, KY (December 2, 2020) – MTN DEW® is awarding the Kentucky chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers a $5,000 grant in support of the organization’s ongoing commitment to promote the wild public lands, waters and wildlife of Kentucky. The Kentucky chapter of Backcountry Hunters & ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 25, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Army Corps of Engineers rejects industrial mining proposal, citing impacts to clean water and fish and wildlife-rich region of Bristol Bay MISSOULA, Mont. – A massive industrial mine proposed in Southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay was rejected by the Trump administration today, representing a decisive interdiction for the highly controversial Pebble Mine. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

News for Immediate ReleaseNov. 13, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Department order implements litany of requirements outside of DOI’s scope, rewrites LWCF language from Great American Outdoors Act WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced today new restrictions and requirements on Land and Water Conservation Fund implementation, including bipartisan language passed overwhelmingly by Congress in the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, ...