The Forest Service is in the early engagement stage of their Travel Management Plan for the Little Missouri National Grasslands. They are hosting a series of Open House meetings to engage the public, provide an avenue for information sharing, and invite public comment. We encourage you to show up and aid in further developing LMNG Travel Management efforts. Some things that the North Dakota Chapter will be advocating for during the Travel Management Planning Process: Protection of ...

Last weekend, North Dakota BHA board members spent the weekend inventorying nearly 50 miles of fence using ATVs on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Big Gumbo represents the last continuous sage steppe habitat for Greater sage grouse (GRSG) in the state of North Dakota, holding the only active leks found on BLM parcels within the area. Big Gumbo also accounts for ~38% of all BLM surface in North Dakota and represents the largest continuous area of BLM-managed lands. The area ...

On April 14th, six BHA members (plus three kids!) helped clean up Hankinson Hills, a U.S. Forest Service property about an hour southwest of Fargo. The 2800-acre property is a beautiful rolling oak savannah with abundant opportunities for turkey and deer hunting, camping, and hiking.   The campground in particular gets heavy use during the summer months. Over a three hour period, we accomplished quite a lot, including: Replaced 50 horizontal fence posts for the fence that surrounds ...

March 18, 2024 Tom PerdueChairmanGrand Forks County Water Board151 South 4th StreetGrand Forks, ND 58201 Chairman Perdue and Members of the Grand Forks County Water Board, On behalf of the North Dakota Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and our dues paying members in the state, we respectfully request that the Grand Forks County Water Board lands be kept open for public hunting. Access to hunting land is a significant barrier to new and experienced hunters alike. It is imperative that ...

First and foremost, the reason for this blog is a sincere – and huge - THANK YOU!!! It’s been a long, arduous legislative session and we are overall happy with the way things have shaken out. Thanks to all our members and especially those who took the time to submit testimony, call, or email your representatives. The unified effort no doubt had a big impact on the outcome of many of these bills. Official bill language is linked after each summary. Here is an overview and rundown of the ...