Media Chapter News State Issues Sportsmen Welcome Conversation about Protecting Berryessa Snow Mountain 12/19/2014 Napa, Calif. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today welcomed the Interior Secretary and Under Secretary of Agriculture to California for a public meeting about the opportunities to protect... Tags: California issues, California news Download
Media Chapter News Whitetail Deer Hunting Challenge 10/23/2014 By Kyle Blasch Like many hunting enthusiasts I enjoy the challenges and simplicity of traditional bow hunting. The close proximity required by using a primitive weapon magnifies the hunting... Tags: Wisconsin news Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Hunters Don't Need Exceptions to the Rules 9/5/2014 Research clearly shows that off-trail motorized use can have significant impacts on fish and wildlife habitat. Thus I am struck by the fact that the Arizona Game & Fish continue to advocate for... Tags: Arizona news, Arizona issues, Arizona Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Arizona BHA Comments on Tonto Travel Management Plan 9/4/2014 September 4, 2014 RE: Comments from Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers on Tonto National Forest Travel Management Plan Neil Bosworth, Forest Supervisor, Please consider the following... Tags: Arizona news, Arizona issues, Arizona Chapter, OHV Download
Media Chapter News State Issues New Mexico BHA Weighs-in on Gila Travel Management Plan 6/13/2014 Dear Secretary Vilsack,On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing thousands of New Mexican sportsmen and women, we are writing to express our strong support for the recent Gila... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico issues, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Chapter News New Mexico Sportsmen Applaud Protection of Habitat in Newly Designated Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument 5/20/2014 For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, May 21, 2014Today, President Obama made a presidential declaration under the Antiquities Act to designate 496,000 acres as part of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Rancher and Wilderness Advocate Cecil Garland Recognized by BHA 5/16/2014 By Jay BantaCecil was a treasured friend since we first met in Utah's West Desert in 1981. A true oxymoron, he was the first cattle rancher I had ever met who was a passionate and active... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Resolving Public Land Disputes: There is a Better Way 5/12/2014 By BHA Board Member, Jay Banta of Torrey, Utah The flaring disputes in southern Utah about the appropriate uses of public land highlights one of the very reasons Backcountry Hunters & Anglers was... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah Issues, Utah News, OHV Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Condemns Illegal ATV Protest in Utah 5/10/2014 PRESS STATEMENT Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Utah Chapter Friday, May 9, 2014 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, including its Utah Chapter, condemns the illegal ATV protest ride at Recapture... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah Issues, Utah News, OHV Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Banning Drones for Hunting - A letter from New Mexico BHA 5/5/2014 September 20, 2013To: New Mexico Game & Fish CommissionFrom: New Mexico Chapter, Backcountry Hunters & AnglersIssue: ... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico issues, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Changes, Impacts and Unintended Consequences 4/30/2014 By BHA Utah Coordinator, Ken Theis.Most of us, as we get older, become more resistant to change. That is especially true when it comes to seeing changes to the hunting and fishing places we... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah News Download
Media Chapter News Have Sportsmen in Utah Benefited from the Land and Water Conservation Fund? Most Definitely! 4/14/2014 Nearly 50 years ago, while most of America was focused on the growing conflict in Viet Nam, some forward-thinking individuals were considering the needs of the nation at home. The growing social... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah News, lwcf Download
Media Chapter News Sportsmen Recognized for Contributions to Backcountry Conservation 4/10/2014 DENVER, CO - Four sportsmen from across the West were presented with awards at the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Annual National Rendezvous in Denver, in recognition of their outstanding... Tags: Montana Chapter, Washington Chapter, New Mexico news, New Mexico Chapter, media Download
Media Chapter News NM sportsmen hoping newest national monument designation bodes well for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks 4/4/2014 New Mexico sportsmen are optimistic that President Obama will do the same for New Mexico that he did today in California – use his authority to designate a new national monument.At a White House... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Defending the Antiquities Act, Oppose HR 1459 4/1/2014 March 25, 2014 Dear Representative: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has members in all 50 states and is committed to protecting wild public lands, water and wildlife. Stripping the Antiquities... Tags: New York news, New York BHA Chapter, New York Download
Media Chapter News New Mexico Sportsmen Support President's Proposed Conservation Funding 3/8/2014 New Mexico BHA Chair, Oscar Simpson speaks-up in support of the president's proposed conservation funding priorities. A live video interviewwith Oscar that acompanied this release can also be... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Chapter News What good are Meetings? 2/5/2014 This is meeting season—the time of year when people are scrambling around making plans for the coming year, working on budgets, politicking and strategizing. In Utah, this is the most... Tags: Utah Chapter, Utah News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Action Alert: Big Impacts to Big Game Habitat at Stake 2/5/2014 The following is a letter submitted by members of NM BHA to the Cibola National regarding a proposal to permit intensive military operations in otherwise relatively undisturbed backcountry... Tags: New Mexico news, New Mexico issues, New Mexico Chapter Download