Recent reports suggest that the Alberta government and certain municipalities, at the request of lobbyists for Alberta game farms, are considering legalizing “cervid hunting preserves” - that is, pay-to-hunt ranches. We urge our members to voice their opposition to these measures for the following reasons:  Game farms and high-fence ranches are potential vectors of wildlife diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is a prion disease of the same family as BSE (“mad cow disease”) ...

As passionate hunters and anglers in Alberta, the Alberta BHA board is concerned regarding the Benga Mining Limited’s proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project in the Livingstone region of Southwestern Alberta and the rescission of A Coal Development Policy for Alberta (the Coal Policy). We do not support the approval of the Grassy Mountain Coal Project, nor the rescission of the Coal Policy, which was done without appropriate stakeholder engagement. Given that the Coal Policy was developed in ...

Alberta Backcountry Hunters & Anglers believes that the Bighorn Country Proposal is needed for the conservation of wilderness and recreation opportunity in the Bighorn backcountry and surrounding area. In an effort to see the implementation of the best conservation measures possible the chapter wrote a formal letter to the Minister of Environment and Parks, Shannon Philips. Read  our letter below then make your voice heard by clicking the take action link in support of the Bighorn Country ...