Media Chapter News Rally with New Mexico Sportsmen for Your Public Lands 1/8/2015 In New Mexico and throughout the West, politicians have their eyes set on selling off the public lands that you depend on to hunt, fish and recreate. We simply cannot stand idle as special... Tags: New Mexico Chapter
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 Chapter
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 Chapter
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 Chapter
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
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 Chapter
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
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 Chapter
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 Chapter
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 Chapter
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
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 Chapter