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FL Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Leadership Opposes Wilderness Designations Within Big Cypress
Why It Matters: Congressionally designated Wilderness oftentimes reduces access for sportsmen and women and limits natural resource management capabilities in favor of preservation over conservation. Establishing Wilderness designations within the Big Cypress National Preserve (BCNP)...
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Jul 22 2024
House Natural Resources Subcommittee Hears Important CSF Priority
Why it Matters: The America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act (ACE) reauthorizes nearly a dozen provisions that...
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Jul 22 2024
NASC Executive Council Holds Successful Mid-Year Meeting in Maryland
Why It Matters: The National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Executive Council is a bipartisan group of state sportsmen-legislators...
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Jul 22 2024
Computer Glitch Impacts Washington State Special Hunt Permits
Why It Matters: State fish and wildlife agencies throughout our country are tasked with the...
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Jul 22 2024
How to Get Involved in the Legislative Process to Protect your Hunting and Fishing Rights in the Mid-Atlantic
Why It Matters: Each year, hundreds and sometimes thousands of pieces of legislation are introduced...
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Jul 22 2024
Home on the Range: Recreational Shooting is an Unsung Hero of Our Sporting Traditions
Why It Matters: Through the unique “user pays – public benefits” structure of the American...
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Jul 22 2024
And Now We Wait: Signature Deadline for Colorado Anti-Hunting Ballot Initiative Has Arrived
Why It Matters: The use of ballot initiatives to ban hunting circumvents the legislative and...
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Jul 15 2024
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The Sportsmen's Voice - July 22, 2024
Jul 22 2024
House Natural Resources Subcommittee Hears Important CSF Priority NASC Executive Council Holds Successful Mid-Year Meeting in Maryland FL Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Leadership Opposes Wilderness Designations Within Big Cypress Computer Glitch Impacts Washington State Special Hunt Permits Home on the Range: Recreational Shooting is an Unsung Hero of Our Sporting Traditions How to Get Involved in...
The Sportsmen's Voice - July 15, 2024
Jul 15 2024
Effort to Ban All Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Ranching Defeated in Oregon, For Now And Now We Wait: Signature Deadline for Colorado Anti-Hunting Ballot Initiative Has Arrived Granite Stater’s Privacy Protected with Governor’s Signature Temps Rise on Atlantic Red Snapper Season, While Florida Experiments with a Better Way Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Joins Governors Sportsmen’s...
The Sportsmen's Voice - July 1, 2024
Jul 01 2024
House Natural Resources Holds Lively Hearing on Four CSF Priority Bills Legislation Seeks to Increase the Minimum Age for Trapping in the Garden State A Tale of Two Mountain Lions Arkansas General Assembly Approves Budget for Game and Fish Commission Rooting Out the Problem of Wild Pigs DSC Foundation Recognizes Jeff Crane as the 2024...
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Effort to Ban All Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Ranching Defeated in Oregon, For Now
Jul 08 2024
July 8, 2024 (Salem, Oregon) – The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is pleased to report that as of last Friday, Oregon Initiative Petition 3 (IP-3) officially did not qualify for the 2024 ballot. CSF has been and will continue to be a leading voice against this misguided effort to ban all hunting, fishing, trapping, and ranching...
DSC Foundation Recognizes Jeff Crane as the 2024 Legacy Award Winner
Jun 27 2024
June 27, 2024 - Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation President & CEO Jeff Crane was awarded the DSC Foundation’s 2024 Legacy Award at their annual Gala and Auction in Dallas on Saturday night. The DSC Foundation Legacy Award was created to honor hunter conservationists who, through their passion and dedication, have left more than their personal mark on...
Delaware’s Governor Signs CSF Priority Sunday Hunting Bill Into Law
May 30 2024
May 30, 2024 (Dover, Delaware) - Moments ago, Delaware Governor John Carney, a member of the Governor’s Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC), signed House Bill 271 (HB 271) into law, removing the longstanding prohibition on Sunday gamebird hunting in Delaware. Delaware’s definition of game birds includes waterfowl, rails, wild turkeys, pheasants, quail, chukar, and doves, amongst others. In 2016,...
The sportsmen’s Voice Podcast
Rigs-To-Reefs With Congressman Garret Graves And Chris Horton!
Jul 19 2024
Join Fred in this week's short but information-packed episode as he welcomes CSF Senior Director of Fisheries Policy, Chris Horton, and special guest, Congressman Garret Graves. They dive deep into the significant role of offshore oil and gas infrastructure in enhancing marine habitats and supporting both recreational and commercial fishing. Congressman Graves sheds light on...
Shark Week Special: Exploring the SHARKED Act with CSF Senior Director of Fisheries Policy, Chris Horton and Martha Guyas
Jul 05 2024
Welcome to a special Shark Week-themed episode of The Sportsmen’s Voice! In this exciting feature, host Fred Bird is joined by CSF Senior Director of Fisheries Policy Chris Horton and special guest Martha Guyas, of the American Sportfishing Association (ASA). Dive into an engaging discussion centered around the SHARKED Act, a pivotal bill addressing shark...
Knox Williams and Brandon Maddox || The Sportsmen’s Voice On Suppressors And Silencers
Jun 24 2024
In the first half of this week’s feature on suppressors, silencers and sportsmen Fred catches up with Knox Williams of the American Suppressor Association (ASA). The two talk about recent victories in Vermont and the remaining states that do not allow hunting with suppressors. Knox highlights the misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding suppressors and the need...
