FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025  Contact: media@backcountryhunters.org    MISSOULA, Mont. — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rebuking a sweeping new proposal released by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that would force the sale of up to 3 million acres of public lands under the guise of a solution to the housing crisis. This proposal—led by committee chair Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)—would apply to public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest ...

A veteran’s story and thoughts on protecting the Kootenai River     I am 36 years old. At this point in, what I like to think of as being, my young life, I have served my country and community in both the United States Marine Corps and as a Sheriff’s Deputy for the past 18 years. Public service, and all the emotional trauma and baggage that come with responding to society's darkest and ugliest scenes, have consumed my entire adult life. While I wouldn’t trade my experiences, many of which ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February, 24th, 2025 BHA Contact: Dre Arman arman@backcountryhunters.org BLM Contact: Bruce Hallman bhallman@blm.gov Interagency Collaboration Leads to Reward for Private Citizen Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is proud to issue a reward of $250 to a private citizen for their efforts to report illegal motorized use on public lands, which resulted in a conviction for violation of the BLM’s travel management policy.  On November 13th, 2024, BLM Law Enforcement ...

  As the Utah lawsuit to seize our public lands rages on, some of our elected officials in Idaho are jumping on Utah’s bandwagon to destroy our public land heritage. In October we saw Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador demonstrate brazen disregard for Idahoan’s love of our wild spaces when he submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court voicing his support of the state of Utah. And last week we saw Valley County Commissioners attempt to insert themselves into the wrong side of this ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is pleased to issue a $500 reward to Ken Mason as a token of appreciation for the time and effort invested in reporting a tip that resulted in two separate illegal motorized use citations. As he was recreating responsibly earlier this summer, Ken observed three OHVs parked by a small lake just off of a Forest Trail in the Lost River Ranger District. Noticing that two of these vehicles were oversized for the 50" trail, he snapped a few photos and noted ...