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 ...

  News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   Interior Department moves ahead with renewal of controversial mining leases upstream of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ELY, Minn. – An administration decision to renew controversial and contested minerals leases in the Boundary Waters watershed in Minnesota jeopardizes a world-class wilderness while advancing industrial development, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers stated ...