Update from Chapter Chair Hey all, I hope all you turkey hunters have had some success chasing spring gobblers. If not, I hope you at least have enjoyed some time in nature!  This month, I want to highlight a few important messages. First, as I am sure many of you know, our federal public lands are under attack, with not only a proposal to sell off 500,000 acres, but also proposals to fast track mining and drilling on such pristine places as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Now is the time to ...

Update from Chapter Chair Spring is finally here!  The skunk cabbage is popping up and letting us know that soon the woods will be green again. We have been eating through the last of last year's ramp pesto while getting excited about foraging for more to replenish! I also have taken out my turkey calls and started practicing as I mentally prepare for the turkey opener on May 1st. We have a bunch of stewardship events on the calendar and have locked in a date and location for our big ...

Update from Chapter Chair Hi fellow public land advocates! I hope you are all enjoying the fall season and having luck filling your freezers! I am writing this before heading out to deer camp for the southern zone firearm opener, so will try to keep this pretty quick. We have a few things to talk about this issue, including reminding you all of the membership drive the NY chapter is running through the end of the year. If you join or renew your BHA membership before the end of the year, you ...

Update from Chapter Chair Well, we have officially made it to the best time of the year. Fall colors, cooling temps, and lots of time in the woods and marshes chasing white-tailed deer, small game, and waterfowl. This is also the time of year when the NY Chapter is starting to look back on what we accomplished and look forward to our plan for next year. As we form those plans, I will make sure to share them here with all of you.  One thing I know for certain is that we need to grow our ...

An advocacy group is trying and stop the New York State Deperment of Environmental Conservation (DEC) from completing a forestry management project at Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area in Otto New York. Unlike the destructive logging practices of old, the managment project will be instrumental in creating more habitat for songbirds and other early successional habitat dependent species, and is supported by the Audubon Society. Read on to see why should you help BHA support the DEC in this ...