Contact: Joe Mullin, Manager, Northeastern StatesWhy It Matters: For decades, CSF has engaged on legislative efforts that encourage and expand the abilities of hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and trappers to enjoy their pursuits in the...

Read More Jun 27 2022

Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States CoordinatorWhy It Matters: States without a dedicated conservation funding mechanism, like Louisiana, often leave millions of dollars on the table because they cannot provide the match funding to qualify for federal conservation...

Read More Apr 25 2022

Why it matters: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is one of the most challenging issues facing wildlife managers today. CWD is a progressive, always fatal, degenerative, neurological disease occurring in both farmed and free-ranging deer, elk,...

Read More Jan 31 2022

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States ManagerFor years, North Dakota’s trespass laws have been a topic of discussion in Bismarck. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) reported earlier this year on a bill that would again address this...

Read More Mar 08 2021

Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States CoordinatorThe Inter-Mountain West regions’ legislative sessions have concluded for the year. Members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) States Program Team continue to monitor legislation and regulatory rulemaking throughout...

Read More Jul 13 2020

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior CoordinatorThe 2020 legislative sessions throughout the northeast region have been, and continue to be, anything but slow. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been hard at work in...

Read More Jun 15 2020

June 4, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) continues to gain momentum in Congress after a recent announcement by Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) member and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) that the Senate...

Read More Jun 08 2020

Many legislative sessions across the South were disrupted by COVID-19 this year. While a few states completed their sessions before social distancing restrictions were enacted, other states suspended their sessions and have just recently resumed...

Read More Jun 01 2020

Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator With the widespread impacts of COVID-19, the 2020 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature is currently in recess. In March, the Mississippi Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) hosted the 12th Annual Sportsmen’s Caucus Fish Fry,...

Read More Apr 20 2020

On February 5, the House passed H.R. 1620, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act, on a bipartisan suspension vote. This bill was also contained in H.R. 925, America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, which recently passed...

Read More Feb 10 2020

On July 11 Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Member (CSC) Senator Jim Risch (ID), and CSC Senate Leaders Senators Deb Fischer (NE), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Boozman (AR), and Joe Manchin (WV) were joined by fellow CSC...

Read More Jul 12 2019

By Brett Stayton, Mid-Atlantic States CoordinatorOn February 19, the Maryland Senate Committee on Health, Education, and the Environment held a hearing on several bills, including SB 390, which would authorize the Maryland Department of Natural...

Read More Feb 25 2019

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