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'''Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA)''' is a non-profit sportsmen's organization that is based in Montana.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=BHA Information and Office |url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/index.php/home/contact-us |website=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers |accessdate=10 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315000153/http://backcountryhunters.org/index.php/home/contact-us |archivedate=15 March 2015 |df= }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Our Purpose |url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/index.php/our-work-our-values/our-purpose-and-objectives |website=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers |accessdate=10 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314235537/http://backcountryhunters.org/index.php/our-work-our-values/our-purpose-and-objectives |archivedate=14 March 2015 |df= }}</ref> The group looks to preserve North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing through public education and advocacy.<ref name="auto"/> Backcountry Hunters & Anglers works to prevent the development of wild land in North America<ref>{{cite web|last1=Xu|first1=Daniel|title=Leaders of Conservation: BHA Executive Director Land Tawney|url=http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2014/06/18/leaders-conservation-bha-executive-director-land-tawney/|website=Outdoor Hub|accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> and follows the [[North American Model of Wildlife Conservation]] as a basis for its positions.
'''Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA)''' is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] sportsmen's organization that is based in [[Montana]], USA.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers "Contact Us" Webpage |url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/contact |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315000153/http://backcountryhunters.org/index.php/home/contact-us |archive-date=15 March 2015 |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Our Purpose |url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/index.php/our-work-our-values/our-purpose-and-objectives |website=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers |access-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314235537/http://backcountryhunters.org/index.php/our-work-our-values/our-purpose-and-objectives |archive-date=14 March 2015 }}</ref> The group looks to preserve [[North America]]'s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing through public education and advocacy.<ref name="auto"/> Backcountry Hunters & Anglers works to prevent the [[Land development|development]] of wild land in North America<ref>{{cite web|last1=Xu|first1=Daniel|title=Leaders of Conservation: BHA President & CEO Land Tawney|url=http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2014/06/18/leaders-conservation-bha-executive-director-land-tawney/|website=Outdoor Hub|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> and follows the [[North American Model of Wildlife Conservation]] as a basis for its positions.


The organization was "born around an Oregon campfire in 2004"<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|title=Tawney to Direct Backcountry Hunters & Anglers|url=http://www.tradbow.com/public/Tawney-to-Direct-Backcountry-Hunters--Anglers.cfm|website=Traditional Bowhunter|accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> and has chapters in 22 states and Canada.<ref name="auto3">{{cite news|last1=Landers|first1=Rich|title=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers rendezvous in Spokane|url=http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/backcountry-hunters-anglers-rendezvous-in-spokane/article_85ed1387-6689-5911-b64a-2f64d1396376.html|accessdate=10 March 2015|date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> The group claims close to 10,000 members nationwide.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Taylor|title=Missoula-bound Backcountry Hunters and Anglers gets new director|url=http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/missoula-bound-backcountry-hunters-and-anglers-gets-new-director/article_481645e2-b1f7-11e2-b3ec-001a4bcf887a.html|accessdate=10 March 2015|publisher=The Missoulian|date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
The organization was "born around an [[Oregon]] campfire in 2004"<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|title=Tawney to Direct Backcountry Hunters & Anglers|url=http://www.tradbow.com/public/Tawney-to-Direct-Backcountry-Hunters--Anglers.cfm|website=Traditional Bowhunter|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> and has chapters in 48 states, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory.<ref name="auto3">{{cite news|last1=Landers|first1=Rich|title=Backcountry Hunters & Anglers rendezvous in Spokane|url=http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/backcountry-hunters-anglers-rendezvous-in-spokane/article_85ed1387-6689-5911-b64a-2f64d1396376.html|access-date=10 March 2015|date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> The organization has 40,000 members in North America.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Taylor|title=Missoula-bound Backcountry Hunters and Anglers gets new director|url=http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/missoula-bound-backcountry-hunters-and-anglers-gets-new-director/article_481645e2-b1f7-11e2-b3ec-001a4bcf887a.html|access-date=10 March 2015|publisher=The Missoulian|date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>


[[Land Tawney]] is the group's President/CEO.<ref name="auto2"/>
Patrick Berry is the group's President/CEO.


==Issues==
==Issues==
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers main issues are:<ref name="auto1"/>
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers main issues are:<ref name="auto1"/>


*Preventing excessive off-road vehicle traffic on wild land.
*Preventing excessive [[Off-roading|off-road]] vehicle traffic on wild land
*Educating the public on hunting and fishing
*Educating the public on hunting and fishing
*Preserving natural forests and public lands from development<ref name="auto1"/>
*Preserving natural forests and [[public land]]s from development<ref name="auto1"/>


The group supports federal ownership of federal public lands and is opposed to legislation that would transfer ownership of these lands to states or private interests.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bridge|first1=Thom|title=Rally in the rain: Hunters and anglers protest public land transfer|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/rally-in-the-rain-hunters-and-anglers-protest-public-land/article_4292d096-38fc-5c17-bf5d-784beb3e940b.html|accessdate=10 March 2015|publisher=Helen Air}}</ref> Executive Director Land Tawney has stated, "We see states trying to take over national forests and BLM areas as a threat to public lands that could lead to privatization and loss of habitat and access."<ref name="auto3"/>
The group supports federal ownership of [[List of U.S. National Forests|federal public lands]] and is opposed to legislation that would transfer ownership of these lands to states or private interests.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bridge|first1=Thom|title=Rally in the rain: Hunters and anglers protest public land transfer|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/rally-in-the-rain-hunters-and-anglers-protest-public-land/article_4292d096-38fc-5c17-bf5d-784beb3e940b.html|access-date=10 March 2015|publisher=Helen Air}}</ref>
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The organization supports legislation to ban the use of [[UAV|drone]]s while hunting, calling the technique unethical.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wildlife Officials Take On Drone Hunting Controversy|url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/wildlife-officials-take-on-drone-hunting-controversy/|access-date=10 March 2015|work=CBS News|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Taylor|title=Oregon bill would ban drones for hunting and fishing|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2820956-151/oregon-bill-would-ban-drones-for-hunting-and|website=Bend Bulletin|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref>


== Local BHA Chapters ==
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The organization supports legislation to ban the use of [[drones while hunting, calling the technique unethical.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wildlife Officials Take On Drone Hunting Controversy|url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/wildlife-officials-take-on-drone-hunting-controversy/|accessdate=10 March 2015|publisher=CBS News|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Taylor|title=Oregon bill would ban drones for hunting and fishing|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2820956-151/oregon-bill-would-ban-drones-for-hunting-and|website=Bend Bulletin|accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>
=== Provinces with chapters in Canada ===
* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Yukon Territory


=== States with chapters in the United States ===
The group hosts an annual "Rendezvous" event where members can come together in support of the BHA mission and objectives.<ref name="auto3"/>
* Alaska

* Kentucky
==News==
* Washington
In the early days of the Trump administration in 2017, Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz proposed a bill, H.R. 621, to sell off public lands, a proposal that he makes annually and generally is ignored. The official 2016 GOP platform endorses the transfer of federal land to the states<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/03/house-gop-rules-change-would-make-it-easier-to-sell-off-federal-land/|title=House GOP rules change will make it easier to sell off federal land|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref>. Conservationists, hunters, anglers, members of the outdoors industry, and organizations like BHA lobbied and protested against the bill, and a week later Chaffetz withdrew it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/02/federal-land-transfer-bill-withdrawn/|title=Rep. Chaffetz withdrawal of federal land transfer bill marks victory for outdoor industry, conservationists, public lands advocates who vow to continue fight|access-date=2017-02-07}}</ref>
* Montana

* Idaho
A Washington D.C. based group has alleged that Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, [[Trout Unlimited]], Issak Walton League, [[Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership]], and other sportsmen and conservation groups incorporate themselves within the sportsmen community in an effort to conceal their agendas.<ref name="auto3" /> BHA Director [[Land Tawney]] welcomed the feedback, stating in an article published in the ''Spokane Review'' that "pale, pasty folks in Washington, D.C., with little or no outdoor experience, (are) trying to tag us with a derogatory label''."''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/01/guns-rods-wilderness/|title=Guns, rods & wilderness: Backcountry sportsmen convene in Spokane|newspaper=Spokesman.com|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en}}</ref>
* Oregon
* Wyoming
* California
* Nevada
* Texas
* Utah
* Colorado
* South Dakota
* Minnesota
* Wisconsin
* Michigan
* Maine
* Vermont
* New Hampshire
* New York
* New Mexico
* North Dakota
* Massachusetts
* Rhode Island
* Connecticut
* Maryland
* Tennessee
* Mississippi
* Arkansas
* Louisiana
* Georgia
* Florida
* Virginia
* Arizona <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/arizona_bha|title = Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 20 January 2024

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is a non-profit sportsmen's organization that is based in Montana, USA.[1][2] The group looks to preserve North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing through public education and advocacy.[1] Backcountry Hunters & Anglers works to prevent the development of wild land in North America[3] and follows the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation as a basis for its positions.

The organization was "born around an Oregon campfire in 2004"[4] and has chapters in 48 states, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory.[5] The organization has 40,000 members in North America.[6]

Patrick Berry is the group's President/CEO.

Issues

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Backcountry Hunters & Anglers main issues are:[2]

  • Preventing excessive off-road vehicle traffic on wild land
  • Educating the public on hunting and fishing
  • Preserving natural forests and public lands from development[2]

The group supports federal ownership of federal public lands and is opposed to legislation that would transfer ownership of these lands to states or private interests.[7] The organization supports legislation to ban the use of drones while hunting, calling the technique unethical.[8][9]

Local BHA Chapters

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Provinces with chapters in Canada

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  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon Territory

States with chapters in the United States

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  • Alaska
  • Kentucky
  • Washington
  • Montana
  • Idaho
  • Oregon
  • Wyoming
  • California
  • Nevada
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Colorado
  • South Dakota
  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • Michigan
  • Maine
  • Vermont
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • Maryland
  • Tennessee
  • Mississippi
  • Arkansas
  • Louisiana
  • Georgia
  • Florida
  • Virginia
  • Arizona [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Backcountry Hunters & Anglers "Contact Us" Webpage". Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Our Purpose". Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ^ Xu, Daniel. "Leaders of Conservation: BHA President & CEO Land Tawney". Outdoor Hub. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Tawney to Direct Backcountry Hunters & Anglers". Traditional Bowhunter. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ^ Landers, Rich (March 3, 2015). "Backcountry Hunters & Anglers rendezvous in Spokane". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. ^ Anderson, Taylor (April 30, 2013). "Missoula-bound Backcountry Hunters and Anglers gets new director". The Missoulian. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ^ Bridge, Thom. "Rally in the rain: Hunters and anglers protest public land transfer". Helen Air. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Wildlife Officials Take On Drone Hunting Controversy". CBS News. January 9, 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. ^ Anderson, Taylor. "Oregon bill would ban drones for hunting and fishing". Bend Bulletin. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers".
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