Apr

2025

BHA Tracking Federal Public Access Closures

USACE Photo/Raystown Lake The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced temporary closures of campgrounds, boat ramps, and recreation areas across three districts this summer due to staffing and resource shortages. These closures will affect public access in parts of Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa – limiting opportunities for hunters, anglers, and other outdoor users. Baltimore District: Partial closure of ...

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13

Jul

2023

Arkansas BHA Brokers Access Agreement to Thousands of Acres

Author: Thomas Plank

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 13, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Volunteer-driven partnership with private landowner and Game and Fish Commission provides full and permanent legal access to prime fish and wildlife habitat in western Arkansas FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers achieved a major public access win today, inking the deal on a land purchase that will provide permanent access to thousands of acres of ...

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29

Jun

2023

Southern California Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Would Benefit Under Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Author: Katie McKalip

LOS ANGELES – Conservation of critical fish and wildlife habitat in southern California could advance through President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by 109,000 acres, achieving what Congress has not yet been able to do. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and its California chapter are part of a diverse coalition of sportsmen and women, outdoor recreationists, community members and Tribes that support the San Gabriel Mountains Protection ...

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31

May

2023

Corner Crossing: A Timeline

Author: Thomas Plank

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19

May

2023

Montana BHA and Partners Celebrate Bill that Defends Legal Public Access

Author: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseMay 19, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Montana’s House Bill 486 increases the fine 10X for illegally blocking public roads Missoula, Mont. – More than 3 million acres of public lands in Montana are inaccessible. House Bill 486 - which increases the fines for illegally blocking public roads from $10 per day to $100 per day and is now law - seeks to stop that number from growing any higher. The previous fine for illegally ...

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9

Feb

2023

Montanans Rebuke Legislation to Limit Access and Habitat Funding

Author: Kevin Farron

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2/9/2023 Contact: Jim Klug, Business for Montana Outdoors: 406-581-6434 Frank Szollosi, Montana Wildlife Federation: 406-417-9909 Whitney Tawney, Montana Conservation Voters Ed Fund: 202-412-4793 Noah Marion, Wild Montana: 406-624-9622 Kevin Farron, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers: 406-540-3956 Montanans Rebuke Legislation to Limit Access and Habitat Funding Bill excludes voter-approved Habitat Montana funding authorized by previous Legislature A new bill being ...

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8

Feb

2023

Let’s Stop Hunter Harassment and Illegal Posting of Your Public Lands and Waters

Author: Tim Brass

As the demand for publicly accessible places to hunt and fish continues to grow, so have incidents where “no trespassing” signs have been placed to block public access to your public lands or waters. Many of us have seen it, some of us have reported it, but the question becomes, "What recourse do we as public land owners currently have to right this wrong and stop such acts of hunter harassment?" As of right now? Not much. That’s why BHA chapters and others are working so hard in ...

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2

Feb

2023

LETTER: Montana Sporting Groups Support for Conservation Funding from HB 701 (2021)

Author: Montana BHA

February 2, 2023 Speaker of the House Matt Regier & Senate President Jason EllsworthState Capitol1301 E. Sixth Ave.Helena, MT 59601 RE: Montana sporting groups support for conservation funding from HB 701 (2021) Dear Speaker Regier & President Ellsworth: The undersigned Montana organizations are comprised of hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations representing tens of thousands of Montanans. Therefore, we support allocating full funding from the voter approved recreational marijuana ...

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31

Jan

2023

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region Receives Critical Protections

Author: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 31, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org EPA Final Determination preemptively revokes Pebble Mine permit under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act WASHINGTON – A massive industrial mine proposed for the fish- and wildlife-region of Bristol Bay, Alaska, has been blocked by the Environmental Protection Agency, which today announced it is proactively rescinding an industry fill and dredge permit under Section 404(c) of the ...

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26

Jan

2023

Milestone Decision Reached on Boundary Waters, Most Visited Wilderness Area in United States

Author: Katie McKalip

News for Immediate ReleaseJan. 26, 2023Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111, plank@backcountryhunters.org Protections will Keep Pristine Wilderness Untouched for 20 Years WASHINGTON, D.C.— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commends the decision to advance long-term protections for the Rainy River watershed and the pristine waters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a crown jewel of public lands and waters in northeast Minnesota and America’s most visited wilderness area. An ...

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BHA Tracking Federal Public Access Closures

Arkansas BHA Brokers Access Agreement to Thousands of Acres

Southern California Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Would Benefit Under Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Corner Crossing: A Timeline

Montana BHA and Partners Celebrate Bill that Defends Legal Public Access

Montanans Rebuke Legislation to Limit Access and Habitat Funding

Let’s Stop Hunter Harassment and Illegal Posting of Your Public Lands and Waters

LETTER: Montana Sporting Groups Support for Conservation Funding from HB 701 (2021)

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region Receives Critical Protections

Milestone Decision Reached on Boundary Waters, Most Visited Wilderness Area in United States

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