For Immediate Release                                                                                     April 3, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank,303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Thompson Divide Mineral Withdrawal Benefits Public Lands, Waters, Wildlife CARBONDALE, CO — Today’s decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to finalize a 20-year administrative mineral withdrawal for approximately 220,000 acres of the Thompson Divide along Colorado’s ...

For Immediate Release                    Mar. 27, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation to Extend, Increase Funding for Wetland Conservation WASHINGTON, D.C. –  As the leading voice for the conservation of public lands, waters, and wildlife, today Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) applauded the bipartisan introduction of the North American Wetland Conservation Extension Act (S. 4048) in the United States Senate. Introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich ...

For Immediate Release Mar. 22, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org  BHA Supports Hardrock Mine ‘Good Samaritan’ Legislation   WASHINGTON, D.C. –  As the leading voice for the conservation of public lands, waters, and wildlife, today Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) cheered the bipartisan introduction of the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act (H.R. 7779) in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Introduced by Reps. Celeste Maloy ...

For Immediate Release                        Mar. 14, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org BHA, Coalition Express Support for New Sage Grouse Plans, Sagebrush Habitat Improvement WASHINGTON, D.C. --In a pivotal step toward conserving the American West's cherished public lands, conservation and sportsmen’s groups offered the following responses on the heels of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) release of its Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) ...

For Immediate Release                        Mar. 11, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Administration Budget Proposal Would Increase Investments in Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C. –  As the leading voice for the conservation of public lands, waters, and wildlife, today Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) responded to the release of the Biden administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. This proposed budget would increase funding for federal land ...

For Immediate Release                     Feb. 29, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org   Kaden McArthur 435-770-3774, mcarthur@backcountryhunters.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the leading voice for the conservation of our public lands, waters, and wildlife, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) continues to advocate for dependable and robust funding for state and tribal management of fish and wildlife. Today BHA lauded the introduction of the America’s Wildlife ...

For Immediate Release Feb. 19, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org  BHA Applauds Legislative Effort to Stop Public Land Transfers   WASHINGTON, D.C. –  As the leading voice for the protection of public lands, waters, and wildlife, today Backcountry Hunters & Anglers shared its support for the Public Lands in Public Hands Act, a bill that would help protect publicly-owned land from privatization. Introduced earlier today in the U.S. House of ...

For Immediate Release                                                                                     Feb. 9, 2024 Contact:  Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Senate Legislation Introduced to Reauthorize Popular Conservation Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers supports new legislation that will keep important conservation programs running until the end of the decade. America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act, was introduced ...

Restoration to conserve “best of the best” remaining sagebrush habitat  Denver, CO.—A coalition of national sportsmen and conservation organizations today praised an announcement by the Department of the Interior (DOI) of focused, collaborative investments in the millions of acres of sagebrush ecosystems across the American West. The “Sagebrush Collaborative Restoration Landscapes” initiative will direct funding to ecologically valuable and vulnerable locations within the sagebrush biome for ...

For Immediate Release Feb. 2, 2024  Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org  BHA Continues Push for Permanent Protection of the Owyhee Canyonlands   WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) along with partner hunting and angling organizations engaged key decision-makers in Washington, D.C. to push for the permanent conservation of the Owyhee Canyonlands. Located in eastern Oregon’s Malheur County, the Owyhee Canyonlands represent one of the ...