Media Chapter News State Issues Striped Bass & ASMFC Spring Meeting 2023 4/28/2023 Back in 2022 every BHA Chapter from North Carolina to Maine – the entire footprint of the Atlantic Striped Bass range – advocated for conservation-minded priorities in Amendment 7 to the Striped... Tags: New Jersey Chapter, New England issues, New England Chapter, New York news, New York issues, New Jersey issues Download
Media Chapter News Press Releases House Bills Would Weaken, Strip Funding from Land and Water Conservation Fund 4/28/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA roundly condemns suite of House bills that would undermine America’s most... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, press releases, Arizona news Download
Media Chapter News Northwest Colorado Fence Pulling & Greater Sage Grouse Leks Viewing 4/26/2023 Project Description Over the weekend of April 22 & 23, Colorado's Habitat Stewardship Coordinator, CPW Biologist Brian Holmes, and BHA volunteers ripped out one mile of fence that was impacting... Tags: stewardship blog, Colorado News, stewardship, Colorado Chapter, habitat Download
Media Chapter News Western Hunting for Texans 4/26/2023 The best resources for Texans wanting to get into western hunting: Subscriptions My first memory with subscriptions for hunting was at Bill’s Barbershop in Archer City, Texas. Part of Bill’s... Tags: Texas News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Shuts Down a Petition Attempting to Close Nearshore Fishing in California 4/25/2023 Fish & Game Commission voted unanimously to reject a petition that would have closed over 250 miles of nearshore fishing access in California's Central Coast. A petition before the Fish & Game... Tags: California issues, California news, California Chapter, access Download
Media Chapter News Colorado BHA Q2 2023 Update 4/24/2023 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) mission is to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands,... Tags: Colorado News, Colorado BHA, Colorado Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues North Dakota BHA 2023 Legislative Roundup 4/24/2023 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.... Tags: North Dakota Chapter, North Dakota News, North Dakota issues Download
Media Chapter News Hoosiers must preserve investment in public land 4/21/2023 The following is an excerpt from an Op-Ed written By Dan Boritt, executive director of Indiana Wildlife Federation and Scott Salmon, a board member of Indiana Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Indiana News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Acreage Added to Preserve portion of New River Gorge National Park 4/19/2023 When the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve redesignation went into effect hunters were left holding the short straw as we were now permanently excluded from 4,385 acres of what was once... Tags: West Virginia News, West Virginia Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues California BHA's Guide to Navigating a Full Fish & Game Commission Agenda 4/19/2023 The Fish & Game Commission meets this Wednesday and Thursday (4/19 & 4/20), and we hope you can show up to provide comments on some very important issues for hunters and anglers in... Tags: policy blog, California issues, California news, California Chapter Download
Media Chapter News TX BHA Cleans Up Grapevine Lake 4/18/2023 Grapevine, Texas - The Texas Backcountry Hunters & Anglers chapter held a public land clean-up day on March 11th at Lake Grapevine Wildlife Management Unit (WMA) with nineteen volunteers. Austin... Tags: stewardship blog, stewardship, Texas News Download
Media Chapter News New Year, New Zero "a day at the range" 4/18/2023 I hear the familiar sound of the bolt running a round into a chamber of my buddies Browning X-bolt. I am focused on looking through my spotting scope and watching the young Black tail, slowly... Tags: AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, California news, California Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Kiowa National Grasslands - 2023 Project Recap 4/18/2023 I originally joined BHA, because I wanted to be outside, doing cool things with like-minded folk. I quickly found BHA was the perfect Reese’s peanut butter cup of getting guidance to advance my... Tags: stewardship blog, New Mexico news, stewardship Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Florida BHA encourages hunting, recreation access in proposed USFWS Conservation Area 4/17/2023 The following comment was submitted 4-17-2023 to the USFWS regarding its proposed Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area: To: United States Fish & Wildlife Service From: Florida... Tags: Florida Issues, Florida news Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Central Coast Heritage Protection Act Reintroduced 4/14/2023 BHA is once again rallying support behind the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act recently reintroduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24). This legislation would add nearly 250,000 acres... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, California issues, California news, California Chapter Download
Media Chapter News GET ENGAGED 4/12/2023 Importance of Engagement- What can you do? Whether you’ve been in Washington your whole life or just moved here recently now is the time. If you’ve always been immersed in the out of doors or have... Tags: Washington Chapter, Washington News Download
Media Chapter News The Cackalacky Caller Vol. 1 Fourth Edition 4/11/2023 https://assets.nationbuilder.com/backcountryhunters/pages/13359/attachments/original/1681233768/Cackalacky_Caller_Vol1_Ed4.pdf?1681233768 Tags: North Carolina News, container Download
Media Chapter News Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Increase Reward For Illegal Trail Construction (Help Stop Trail Building “Free-For-All”) 4/10/2023 In support of our state’s elk, mule deer, trout and a myriad of other species that rely on public lands habitat for survival, the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is... Tags: Colorado News, Colorado BHA, Colorado Chapter, OHV Download
Media Chapter News Spring 2023 CO BHA Newsletter 4/10/2023 “Spring, in addition to many other things, is a time for renewal of memories that may have grown dim during the winter.” – Sigurd F. Olson, Wilderness Days As the days grow longer and the weather... Tags: Colorado News, Colorado BHA, Colorado Chapter Download
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Media Chapter News State Issues ArrowRifles During Archery Season in OK 4/7/2023 Do Arrow Rifles have a place in Archery Season? Legislation in Oklahoma that would allow an ArrowRifle to be used during Archery Season isgetting a lot of attention. Naturally, the groups... Tags: Oklahoma News, Oklahoma Chapter, Oklahoma Issues Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Wisconsin BHA Chapter Newsletter- Spring 2023 4/6/2023 Tags: Wisconsin Chapter, Wisconsin news, Wisconsin issues Download
Media Chapter News New York BHA Chapter Newsletter - April 4/3/2023 Welcome! Hello everyone! In my neck of the woods, March is not going out full lamb but the cacophony of birds returning and toms strutting gives hope that spring will be here shortly. Although... Tags: New York news Download