There are already dozens if not hundreds of conservation based organizations out there, any spending on that issue by bha is a drop in the bucket of noise for that cause, leave it to heavy hitters like the nature conservancy and whatnot.
That's what I thought was the basis of your opinion. The problem with it is the exact same thing can be said for every church donation that was ever gave with an open heart.
They are competing for access to the powers that be and the fact is that there are a ton of conservation groups that have more to offer those people than bha does.
Like gifts and cash bribes? Sounds like a problem that you should hold your elected officials accountable for, first & foremost.
That money could be used way more effectively towards their initial mission statement of opening up access to public lands.
As far as I can tell, rmef opened up more acres to hunters than bha did during the same time period.
The initial mission statement doesn't involve buying me access and rights of way from individuals. That's not what a hunter gives money to BHA for, that's what a hunter gives money to a landowner for. He don't need NC for that either, btw.
Recreational hunters and subsistence hunters and other public lands users give $$ to BHA $$ to represent them at the State Game Board, and Forest Service work sessions, and when some fools want to dam up the Snow River valley for a private power plant.