Media Chapter News State Issues Protect Hunting and Fishing Opportunities in the Rio Grande Watershed 10/4/2019 The U.S. Forest Service is currently in the process of developing plans that will direct the management of more than 3 million acres of your National Forest lands in Northern New Mexico for the... Tags: New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Utah State University Public Land Pack Out 10/4/2019 Photos by Nick Dempkowski On Sept. 21, 2019, the Utah State University collegiate club of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers hosted a Public Land Pack Out in Providence Canyon. This project was in... Tags: Utah Chapter, Collegiate Program, public lands month
Media Press Releases BHA Members Reject Political Labels, Unite Around Conservation 10/3/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 3, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org BHA membership is young, politically diverse, active public lands users, new demographic... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News New England BHA Steps Up on Public Lands Day 10/2/2019 On Saturday September 28 the New England Chapter of BHA partnered with the USFS and the USFWS staff on the Green Mountain National Forest and the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge for... Tags: New England Chapter
Media Press Releases Public Lands Critic William Pendley to Remain BLM Head 10/1/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Interior Secretary David Bernhardt extends Pendley’s appointment to 2020 WASHINGTON –... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News A Two Mile Blood Trail to a Buck named Redemption 9/27/2019 Hunting whitetail deer in remote high mountain backcountry has always been my pinnacle of hunting. Growing up, my Pepere’s (word used for grandfather in Quebec) basement always had a warm wood... Tags: Southeast Chapter, Georgia Chapter
Media Press Releases Senate Advances FY2020 Interior Spending Bill 9/27/2019 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 26, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Natural resources funding increased, but lack of dedicated, full funding for LWCF a... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News Boots on the Ground and in the Water 9/26/2019 Utah BHA recently participated in a beaver dam analog habitat (BDAs) project for coldwater trout fisheries in a tributary of the Weber river today called Chalk Creek. This... Tags: Utah Chapter
Media Chapter News 9/18 NM State Game Commission Meeting Recap 9/26/2019 The State Game Commission met Sept. 18 in Cloudcroft, and although no final decisions were made, the Commission showed its intention to approve major changes to bear, cougar and trapping rules in... Tags: New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Cibola National Forest Planning Update 9/26/2019 A new Land and Resource Management Plan for New Mexico’s Cibola National Forest is being enacted, and the public is encouraged to comment through November 7, 2019. What will the proposed changes... Tags: New Mexico Chapter
Media Chapter News Fall 2019 Iowa Chapter News 9/16/2019 One of the focuses for the Iowa chapter is R3 (recruitment, retention, and reactivation) events. Board member Max McDaniel has been communicating with the Iowa DNR in planning multiple events... Tags: Iowa Chapter, fall 2019
Media Chapter News Fall 2019 New York Chapter News 9/16/2019 The summer heat hasn’t stopped BHA-NY from working hard for our public lands. Over the last few months, BHA-NY has been spreading the good-word across the state at various events and through... Tags: New York Chapter, fall 2019