Why It Matters: When regulations are updated by a state’s fish and wildlife management agency, there may be changes that go unnoticed by hunters, anglers, trappers, and recreational shooters. As the original conservationists, sportsmen and women must be up-to-date on their state’s regulations so they may responsibly pursue their favorite outdoor pastime. Highlights: Earlier this…
Why It Matters: Often the target of misinformation designed to undermine our time-honored outdoor traditions, trapping represents one of the most widely supported methods of harvest for species that are not easily taken through hunting. Well-regulated and legal trapping efforts guided by widely accepted Best Management Practices represent an interesting opportunity that is often overlooked…
Why It Matters: Trapping is unique in that it is used in many facets of wildlife management, from population control to human-wildlife conflict resolution, to data collection. Modern restraining traps have been particularly critical in conservation efforts by allowing state agencies to capture and relocate endangered species. The regulations developed by state agencies for trapping…
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Manager, Pacific States and Firearm Policy Why It Matters: Oregon’s hunters, anglers, and trappers have long played a vital role in funding conservation and wildlife management efforts throughout the state. Under the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a unique “user pays-public benefits” structure, Oregon’s sportsmen and women generate tens of millions…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Why it Matters: The Endangered Species Act was created to help species at risk of extinction and whose future is uncertain in the United States. Species on the list are provided with protections and funding for conservation efforts to ensure their recovery. Since its inception, 54 species have been…
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Pacific States Assistant Manager Why It Matters: Oregon’s hunters, anglers, and trappers have long played a vital role in funding conservation and wildlife management efforts throughout the state. Under the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a unique “user pays-public benefits” structure, Oregon’s sportsmen and women generate tens of millions of dollars…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Why it Matters: The Endangered Species Act was created to help species who are both at risk of extinction and whose future is uncertain in the United States. Species on the list are provided with protections and funding for conservation efforts to ensure their recovery. Since its inception, 54…
Why it matters: The legislative hearing on Thursday marks an important step in the legislative process for both bills. The Refuge From Cruel Trapping is another short-sighted piece of legislation that ignores steadfast wildlife science. The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization has provided approximately $31 million in federal funding to conduct roughly 185…
The House Natural Resources Committee is set to hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, January 20 on a number of bills, including two of importance to sportsmen and women. Two of the bills being considered by the Committee include the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 2021 (H.R. 5973), a bill supported…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Manager, Upper Midwestern States Highlights Indiana House Bill 1183 would extend the check time on any trap that captures and terminates a furbearer to 48-hours, though it does retain the 24-hour check on all non-terminal traps. The bill would also create a one-day fur buyer license. The extension to 48-hours gives trappers…
August 12, 2021 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the most respected and trusted sportsmen’s organization in the political arena, and the two foremost trapping and trapping policy organizations in the United States — The Fur Takers of America (FTA) and the National Trappers Association (NTA) — announced a formal partnership through a joint…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Highlights Why it matters: Following the removal of gray wolves from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife, the newly formed Michigan Wolf Management Advisory Council is seeking public input on the best way to manage the states wolf population. CSF, which has long maintained that state fish and…