February 21, 2021 Honourable Katrine Conroy Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Honourable George Heyman Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy Honourable Nathan Cullen Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations Dear Ministers Conroy, Heyman and Cullen, On behalf of the BC Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers we are asking the province of British Columbia to consider moving the compliance and enforcement of ...

The Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development was established in 2010 to foster integrated decision making on the land. Much has changed in the last 10 years and in light of this Premier John Horgan has asked Nathan Cullen, the current Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations, to assess whether land use objectives that support economic activity, environmental sustainability and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples can be more ...

Canada's hunters and anglers are concerned with a number of wildlife and land-use issues that are addressed at the federal level including: conservation funding, species at risk, and CWD. The outcome of the 2019 federal election will impact the future management of these issues. BCBHA wanted to help inform voters about conservation issues important to hunters and anglers, but not commonly discussed during election campaigns. We sent the Conservative, Green, Liberal, and New Democrat ...

East Kootenay members held a BCBHA Public Land Clean Up along Fenwick Creek on April 15. Volunteers met to clean up large piles of debris discarded on public lands attributed to historic logging operations. The area was then seeded with a grassland seed. After a wiener roast, the volunteers transported 4 pickup loads and a large trailer of nearly 5,000lbs of the refuse to the landfill. A big thanks to the 16 members that donated their time and trucks. Special thanks to Joe Kotlarz for ...