Media Chapter News State Issues The Battle of Texas Public Lands 7/11/2023 How the growing population of Texas has ignited a fight for more public lands for Texans There’s something special about Texas that draws people here. People have always been magnetically pulled... Tags: Texas Chapter
Media Chapter News Comment Period Ending Soon for Fracking on Ohio Public Lands 7/11/2023 Fracking public lands in Ohio comment period ending soon!by Gabe Karns and Dustin LindleyAs has been detailed in past posts "Beat the Chicken Bill" and "Public Comment Period Needed", we have been... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Colorado Chapter Newsletter Summer 2023 7/8/2023 “What if I made a bunch of money and die before I can spend it to buy the free time to fish?” – Jim Harrison, Field & Stream, February 2003 Hopefully you’re taking Mr. Harrison’s warning to heart,... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Iowa BHA Helps Create More Public Land through Acquisition Projects 7/7/2023 In a state where less than 2% of the landmass is publicly accessible, and even less open to hunting and fishing, the Iowa Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has identified a need to... Tags: Iowa Chapter
Media Chapter News Colorado BHA Volunteer of the Month 7/7/2023 Alex Krebs BHA Member of the Month: June 2023 (Colorado BHA Southwest Group Assistant Regional Director) During the spring of 2022 Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Southwest Group Assistant... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News Indiana BHA Chapter Leaders attend Developing Thinking Sawyers Training 7/6/2023 In late May members of the Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers were able to set aside a weekend with the US Forest Service Eastern Region Saw Program Manager for Developing... Tags: Indiana Chapter
Media Chapter News Backcountry Hunters & Anglers State Policy Director Tim Brass Transitions To Colorado Department of Natural Resources 7/5/2023 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) State Policy and Stewardship Director Tim Brass was hired as BHA’s third full-time employee during 2012 and has been in the front lines of countless... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Press Releases $500 Million to Be Invested in Wildlife Habitat and Lands Conservation 6/30/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 30, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org USDA’s Working Lands for Wildlife program is the beneficiary, key big game and upland... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Press Releases Southern California Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Would Benefit Under Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 6/29/2023 LOS ANGELES – Conservation of critical fish and wildlife habitat in southern California could advance through President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains... Tags: the campfire, press releases, California Chapter, public lands
Media Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 6/28/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseJune 28, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine,... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News AZ BHA Supports Adopt-A-Ranch Program with Cleanup 6/26/2023 Last month The Arizona Chapter gathered volunteers for a clean up on the Perrin Ranch in Northern Arizona. The 2 day project had volunteers spread out across the ranch to clean up campgrounds,... Tags: stewardship blog, Arizona Chapter, stewardship