Media Chapter News State Issues Kansas BHA Urges a "NO" Vote on HCR 5014 10/27/2022 On Election Day ballots will include Constitutional Amendment HCR-5014. Voting “Yes” for this amendment to our State Constitution would give the Kansas Legislature direct authority over the... Tags: Kansas Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Passage of SB431 Pink Envelope Bill a Win for PA Hunters! 10/26/2022 The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds the passage today of SB431. Now approved by the full legislature, the bill goes to Governor Tom Wolf, who has said he will... Tags: Pennsylvania Chapter, policy blog, Events
Media Chapter News OH BHA Helps to Improve Fishing Access 10/25/2022 Ohio BHA helping to improve fishing access along Chagrin Riverby Jacob Pries and Dustin LindleyWhile many anglers in Ohio are getting their last casts in and perhaps embellishing their best fish... Tags: Ohio Chapter
Media Chapter News WA Chapter Joins Statewide Coalition 10/14/2022 The state of Washington, hunting and angling organizations have banned together and created a Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Partnership, a new coalition dedicated to protecting the... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News WDFW Commission: Headed Towards Uncharted Territory 10/14/2022 The WDFW commission continues to barrel forward into uncharted territory, creating new policies and processes around game management without structure or pre-defined guidelines. Under the current... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News Chronic Wasting Disease, A Real and Unignorable Disease at our Doorstep 10/14/2022 Photo Courtesy of WDFW 2021 marked the first documented case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Idaho. A quiet and widely ignored killer, CWD is at the very least, next door. It’s an unfortunate... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News WA Snowpack Forecast 10/14/2022 Photo courtesy of NOAA It's that time of year again, hunting season is here (or has already passed if you're a bowhunter!). Leaves are starting to turn colors. As we go into winter many of us... Tags: Washington Chapter
Media Chapter News Press Releases BHA Commends Administration Designation of National Monument in Colorado 10/12/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 12, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument conserves valuable fish and wildlife... Tags: Colorado Chapter, the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News Alaska "D-1" Lands Withdrawal Comment Period Open Until October 17 10/6/2022 BLM Map showing "D-1" lands to be opened for industrial development. D-1 lands are identified with checkered fill. Photo credit: BLM Do you hunt, fish, or recreate in the Upper Susitna River,... Tags: Alaska Chapter
Media Chapter News State Issues Getting High on Cleaning Up Trash 10/5/2022 On September 17th, the Kansas Chapter of BHA helped the Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to clean up a marijuana growth operation at Perry Lake in Eastern Kansas. In 2014 the FBI along with a host... Tags: Kansas Chapter
Media Press Releases Applications Sought for BHA’s 2023 Outdoors for All Scholarship 10/4/2022 News for Immediate Release Oct. 4, 2022 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Scholarship awards help young people with disabilities get outdoors by providing... Tags: the campfire, press releases
Media Chapter News The Cackalacky Caller, Volume 1, 1st Edition 10/3/2022 Tags: North Carolina Chapter