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, OHV
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, OHV
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 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, lwcf
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: Washington Chapter, Montana Chapter, New Mexico Chapter, media
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 Press Releases State Issues Letter: OHV Commission Ethics Issues 2/18/2014 February 15, 2014 Dear Governor Sandoval, I am writing on behalf of the Nevada Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) concerning a current ethics issue related to the OHV Commission... Tags: press releases, Nevada 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