Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
{{short description|Non-profit sportsmen's organization}}
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is a non-profit sportsmen's organization that is based in Montana, USA.{{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}}{{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 }} The group looks to preserve North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing through public education and advocacy. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers works to prevent the development of wild land in North America{{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}} 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"{{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}} and has chapters in 48 states, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory.{{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}} The organization has 40,000 members in North America.{{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}}
Patrick Berry is the group's President/CEO.
Issues
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers main issues are:
- Preventing excessive off-road vehicle traffic on wild land
- Educating the public on hunting and fishing
- Preserving natural forests and public lands from development
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.{{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}}
The organization supports legislation to ban the use of drones while hunting, calling the technique unethical.{{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}}{{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}}
Local BHA Chapters
= Provinces with chapters in Canada =
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Yukon Territory
= States with chapters in the United States =
- 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 {{Cite web|url=https://www.backcountryhunters.org/arizona_bha|title = Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers}}
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