News for Immediate ReleaseAug. 18, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Texas hunters and anglers unite in support of backcountry conservation, public access, fairchase; chapter formation continues surge in growth of sportsmen's group MISSOULA, Mont. - Lone Star sportsmen and women are uniting in support of America's backcountry public lands as Backcountry Hunters & Anglers launches a chapter in Texas. BHA President and CEO Land Tawney enthusiastically ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 25, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Public lands conservation a key component of the physical backcountry experience MISSOULA, Mont. – Two organizations dedicated to promoting the health and fitness benefits of backcountry hunting and fishing, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Wilderness Athlete, are launching a partnership. The authority on outdoor performance nutrition, Wilderness Athlete specializes in unique, ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 22, 2016Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Enhanced access would benefit public lands sportsmen on 13 refuges in nine states, including new hunting opportunities in Colorado and Michigan WASHINGTON - New hunting and angling opportunities on national wildlife refuges provide increased public access for sportsmen during a time when access is shrinking, said Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, commending a decision by the U.S. Fish and ...

  News for Immediate Release June 29, 2016 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org     ALPS OutdoorZ Increases Support of BHA and Conservation Longstanding BHA-ALPS corporate partnership gets a boost   MISSOULA, Mont. — ALPS OutdoorZ, manufacturers of performance-oriented hunting gear, is doubling down in its support of backcountry conservation, public access and fair chase hunting by expanding its partnership with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.   ALPS OutdoorZ ...

Bills would legislate seizure of millions of acres of public lands, threaten fish and wildlife habitat, public access opportunities WASHINGTON - A vote today by House of Representatives members to advance legislation that would enable the seizure of public lands is being strongly criticized by public lands sportsmen, who called the bills an affront to America's national public lands legacy. Rep. Raul Labrador's Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act (H.R. 2316) and Rep. Don Young's State ...

  Close ties to fly fishing industry, expertise in wildlife biology and public lands management define two new BHA board members MISSOULA, Mont. - Ben Bulis and Ted Koch have joined the national board of directors of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, bringing close ties to the fly fishing industry and expertise in wildlife biology and public lands management to the leadership of the rapidly growing sportsmen's group. Bulis is president and CEO of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, the ...

Popular merchandise line celebrates outdoor lifestyle, raises funds for backcountry conservation MISSOULA, Mont. — Demand for the newest t-shirt design by Hunt To Eat, the hunter-branded clothing company, is soaring, and backcountry conservation is benefitting as a result. The Backcountry Hunters & Anglers-Hunt To Eat partnership launched formally earlier this year. Hunt To Eat wanted to support BHA, but its conservation budget is slim. Inspired by BHA’s work, the company developed the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior that one of the last remaining oil-and-gas drilling leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis & Clark National Forest will be cancelled. The region lies between the Bob Marshall Wilderness and Glacier National Park. BHA board member Ryan Busse, a Kalispell resident, issued the following statement: “The Badger-Two Medicine ranks high among Montana’s most beautiful ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - Backcountry Hunters & Anglers' 2016 North American Rendezvous was one for the record books, shattering records for attendance, funds raised for conservation and positive energy generated by backcountry enthusiasts - and signaling that 2016 will continue to be marked by unprecedented growth and accomplishment for the 12-year-old sportsmen's group.More than 5,000 outdoor enthusiasts traveled from all parts of the United States and Canada to attend the annual gathering, which ...

As a big game hunter who (like over 90% of Colorado sportsmen) hunts public lands, the recent push by some elected officials and big-industry groups to transfer our federal public lands to state ownership, or to sell them off outright to private interests, is more than a little troubling. Unfortunately, it wasn’t that long ago (during the Bush administration years) that similar shenanigans were taking place: former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) introduced a bill requiring the federal ...