Media Press Releases State Issues Oregonians Applaud as Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Bill Advances in U.S. Senate 3/30/2017 PORTLAND, Ore. – A bill that would conserve more than 100,000 acres in Douglas County, Oregon, took another step forward today as it passed out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural... Tags: press releases, Oregon Issues
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Senate Advance of Perdue as Agriculture Secretary 3/23/2017 WASHINGTON – Following a hearing today by the Senate Agriculture Committee to advance the nomination of former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as Agriculture secretary, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: press releases
Media Press Releases State Issues BHA Commends Effort to Keep Elliott State Forest Publicly Accessible 3/20/2017 SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is commending a decision by the Oregon state legislature to consider a bill that could keep the Elliott State Forest under state... Tags: press releases, keepitpublic, Oregon Issues
Media Press Releases Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Addresses Cuts to Public Lands, Access in President’s Budget 3/16/2017 TODAY: BHA President and CEO to answer questions from media, grassroots on budget proposal, negative repercussions for wildlife, public lands, hunting and fishing MISSOULA, Mont. – Following the... Tags: press releases, latest posts
Media Press Releases BHA's North American Rendezvous Returns to Montana 3/15/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – As the days lengthen and temperatures warm in western Montana, sportsmen from across the continent will be traveling to Missoula in support of our public lands and the outdoor... Tags: press releases
Media Press Releases Sportsmen Celebrate 114th Anniversary of Refuge System 3/14/2017 Pictured: Pronghorn at rest, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Tom Koerner, USFWS MISSOULA, Mont. – America’s national wildlife refuges have provided generations of sportsmen with equal... Tags: press releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Senate Vote Scuttling Public Lands Planning Rule 3/7/2017 WASHINGTON – Following today’s vote by the U.S. Senate to withdraw Planning 2.0, updated Bureau of Land Management planning policies affecting 245 million acres of public lands, Backcountry... Tags: press releases
Media Press Releases BHA Responds to Zinke's Public Land Order 3/3/2017 WASHINGTON – Following Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s signing late yesterday of a secretarial order expanding public access and hunting and fishing opportunities on U.S. public lands,... Tags: press releases
Media Press Releases Idaho Sportsmen Unite in Response to Public Lands Attacks 3/3/2017 BOISE, Idaho – Sportsmen and other public landowners in Idaho are uniting in support of public lands, joining together to rally at the Idaho Capitol this Saturday and send a clear message about... Tags: press releases, Idaho BHA
Media Press Releases State Issues Iconic Oregon Public Lands Would be Conserved in New Legislation 3/1/2017 WASHINGTON – Approximately 100,000 acres of Oregon public lands backcountry – including riparian wildlife habitat and a unique steelhead fishery – will be permanently conserved if legislation... Tags: press releases, Steelhead Sanctuary, Oregon BHA, Oregon Issues
Media Press Releases Kelly, Young Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ National Board 3/1/2017 MISSOULA, Mont. – Heather Kelly and J.R. Young have joined the national board of directors of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, bringing passion and expertise in backcountry nutrition, adventure and... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News Press Releases Sportsmen Welcome Move to Conserve Colorado’s Thompson Divide 3/1/2017 WASHINGTON – Acknowledging years of collaborative, community-driven efforts to permanently conserve valuable backcountry habitat in Colorado’s Thompson Divide, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: press releases, priority landscapes, habitat, Colorado News