Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Shuts Down a Petition Attempting to Close Nearshore Fishing in California 4/25/2023 Fish & Game Commission voted unanimously to reject a petition that would have closed over 250 miles of nearshore fishing access in California's Central Coast. A petition before the Fish & Game... Tags: California Chapter, access
Media Chapter News Colorado BHA Q2 2023 Update 4/24/2023 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) mission is to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands,... Tags: Colorado Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues North Dakota BHA 2023 Legislative Roundup 4/24/2023 First and foremost, the reason for this blog is a sincere – and huge - THANK YOU!!! It’s been a long, arduous legislative session and we are overall happy with the way things have shaken out.... Tags: North Dakota Chapter
Media Chapter News Hoosiers must preserve investment in public land 4/21/2023 The following is an excerpt from an Op-Ed written By Dan Boritt, executive director of Indiana Wildlife Federation and Scott Salmon, a board member of Indiana Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: Indiana Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Acreage Added to Preserve portion of New River Gorge National Park 4/19/2023 When the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve redesignation went into effect hunters were left holding the short straw as we were now permanently excluded from 4,385 acres of what was once... Tags: West Virginia Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues California BHA's Guide to Navigating a Full Fish & Game Commission Agenda 4/19/2023 The Fish & Game Commission meets this Wednesday and Thursday (4/19 & 4/20), and we hope you can show up to provide comments on some very important issues for hunters and anglers in... Tags: policy blog, California Chapter
Media Chapter News TX BHA Cleans Up Grapevine Lake 4/18/2023 Grapevine, Texas - The Texas Backcountry Hunters & Anglers chapter held a public land clean-up day on March 11th at Lake Grapevine Wildlife Management Unit (WMA) with nineteen volunteers. Austin... Tags: stewardship blog, stewardship, Texas Chapter
Media Chapter News New Year, New Zero "a day at the range" 4/18/2023 I hear the familiar sound of the bolt running a round into a chamber of my buddies Browning X-bolt. I am focused on looking through my spotting scope and watching the young Black tail, slowly... Tags: AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, California Chapter
Media Chapter News Kiowa National Grasslands - 2023 Project Recap 4/18/2023 I originally joined BHA, because I wanted to be outside, doing cool things with like-minded folk. I quickly found BHA was the perfect Reese’s peanut butter cup of getting guidance to advance my... Tags: stewardship blog, New Mexico Chapter, stewardship
Media Chapter News State Issues Florida BHA encourages hunting, recreation access in proposed USFWS Conservation Area 4/17/2023 The following comment was submitted 4-17-2023 to the USFWS regarding its proposed Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area: To: United States Fish & Wildlife Service From: Florida... Tags: Florida Chapter
Media Press Releases Inside the 'Public Access' Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 4/14/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseApril 14, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The new issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine, featuring access-related... Tags: press releases
Media Chapter News State Issues Central Coast Heritage Protection Act Reintroduced 4/14/2023 BHA is once again rallying support behind the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act recently reintroduced by Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24). This legislation would add nearly 250,000 acres... Tags: policy blog, the campfire, California Chapter