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Senate CSC Co-Chair and CSC Member Reintroduce America’s Outdoor Recreation Act

Why It Matters: Our nation’s vast network of federal public lands and water provide significant recreational opportunities for America’s sportsmen and women. The America’s Outdoor Recreation Act recognizes the importance of federal public lands for sportsmen and women by seeking to increase public access, streamlining recreational permitting processes, modernizing public land visitation data, and conserving …

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CT Considers Instituting Black Bear Hunting Lottery

Why It Matters: Bear hunting is an effective wildlife management practice relied on by states across the nation to regulate populations and minimize human-wildlife conflicts. Connecticut,, which presently does not have a bear hunting season, has seen a significant increase in black bear populations in recent years, leading to increased instances of nuisance animals posing …

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The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Unveils 2023 Farm Bill Priorities

Why It Matters: Generally reauthorized every five years, the United States Farm Bill represents one of the largest and most important pieces of legislation passed by Congress. Covering topics ranging from crop insurance to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps), the Farm Bill’s provisions touch nearly all Americans in one way …

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CSF Weighs in on Multiple Bills that Would Impact Conservation Funding in Illinois

Why It Matters: Throughout any given legislative session, bill proposals run the gamut of issues relevant to hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and trappers. The prevailing impacts of such legislation often relate to conservation funding. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is committed to identifying legislation that either advances or detracts from conservation funding and advocating accordingly. …

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Troublesome Bills Could Impact Sporting Dog Owners in Florida

Why It Matters: Do you have a canine sidekick that accompanies you during your outdoor pursuits? Whether it be a duck dog, deer dog, or a pack of rabbit chasing beagles, if you are a sportsman or woman in Florida that owns an intact female dog over the age of 6 months, then you should pay …

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Modern Sporting Rifle Ban Moving through Washington Legislature

Why It Matters: House Bill 1240 seeks to ban many semi-automatic firearms commonly used by America’s sportsmen and women in hunting and recreational shooting. Modern sporting rifles and semi-automatic firearms are not only important to our hunting heritage but are highly popular in the recreational shooting community. This legislation would severely undermine our hunting heritage, …

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Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s Policy Leadership Highlighted in Two Pivotal Articles

As America’s inside connection to outdoor legislation, CSF is no stranger to working on behalf of sportsmen each and every day. However, many individuals may not know the entire scope of CSF’s efforts, from working with lawmakers in all 50 states and Capitol Hill to staffers guiding coalitions and councils on various critical conservation topics. …

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The Saga of the Wolf Continues: CSF Submits Comments on both Colorado and Idaho Wolf Management Plans

Why it Matters: Despite being considered charismatic, wild, and mysterious to some people in our modern age, wolves are not fundamentally different from other wildlife species. It is imperative that states do not treat wolf management as the exception, but rather hold wolves and wolf management to the same science-based standards that have proven time …

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CSF Questions Red Snapper Management, Federal Permit in South Atlantic

Why It Matters: Like in the Gulf of Mexico, red snapper are an extremely popular reef fish in the South Atlantic. Unfortunately, a rapidly rebuilding population and poor estimates of the number of red snapper caught and released when fishing for other bottom fish outside of the red snapper mini-seasons are resulting in an “overfishing” …

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CSF Supported Land Conservation Legislation Introduced in North Carolina

Why It Matters: As the rate of private lands development continues to increase in North Carolina, there is a greater need for additional policies to help conserve private lands in the Tar Heel State. As lands are subdivided and developed, wildlife habitat is consumed and fragmented, and less land is available for hunting and fishing. …

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CSF Testifies in Support of Caucus-Led Learn to Hunt, Fish, and Trap Bill

Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women (comprising hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and trappers) have played a historic role in funding conservation efforts in the United States for over 85 years. The funds collected through license sales and excise taxes on sporting goods in the unique “user pays – public benefits” structure of the American System …

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North Dakota Introduces Legislation Offering Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses; but at What Cost?

Why It Matters: While often well-intended, bills that seek to offer no cost or discounted licenses to certain demographics can negatively impact the ability of state fish and wildlife departments to manage their state’s public trust fish and wildlife resources. Given the potential impacts that such efforts can have on the American System of Conservation …

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$1.6 Billion of Sportsmen and Women Generated Funding Announced by DOI

Why It Matters: The funds that are being distributed by the Department of the Interior are generated entirely by sportsmen and women through the purchases of firearms, ammunition, fishing tackle, and motorboat fuel. For over 80 years, sportsmen and women have played an integral and unique role in providing the vast majority of conservation funding …

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CSF, Partners Express Support for Important Coastal Conservation Effort

Why It Matters: Healthy coastal habitats are important for many recreationally important species like striped bass and red snapper. Many of our coastal areas are increasingly challenged by environmental factors such as warming water temperatures, rising sea levels, and storm surge due to anthropogenic impacts caused by leveeing rivers and reducing sediment flows to our …

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Firearms Remain a Focus Across the Midwest

Why It Matters: Legislation pertaining to the ownership and possession of firearms continues to be a popular topic throughout the Midwest, and around the country. CSF continues to engage on both pro and anti-sportsmen legislation pertaining to firearms. Given both the importance of firearms to many outdoor pursuits, as well as their critical role in …

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Non-Resident, College Student Licensing Bill Introduced in Alaska by NASC Executive Council Member Senator Wilson

Why it Matters: Sportsmen and women play an integral and unique role in providing the majority of state-level conservation funding in the United States through the American System of Conservation Funding. Since the inception of this System, state fish and wildlife agencies have received over $71 billion from sportsmen and women nationwide. As the primary …

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CSF Weighs in on Numerous Hot Button Bills in Tennessee

Why It Matters: (1) The TWRA is tasked with conserving Tennessee’s fish and wildlife, and HB 265 directly threatens their efforts to manage the state’s deer and elk herds by combating Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). (2) Trotlines have been utilized by fishermen for subsistence and recreational purposes for generations, and instances where trotlines have caused …

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In Maryland, CSF Testified on Behalf of Sportsmen and Women

Why It Matters: Together, both bills would bring about significant benefits to Maryland’s sporting communities. For the past 34 years, hunting and trapping license fees have gone unadjusted in Maryland. House Bill 983 would allow sportsmen and women to continue their historic role of stepping up to the plate and supporting conservation funding within their …

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Proposed New England Trapping Restrictions

Why It Matters: Trapping is unique in that it can be used for predator and furbearer management, harvest, to maintain healthy ecosystems, manage invasive species, and can also be used to capture live wildlife for research and management purposes. Restraining traps have been particularly critical in conservation efforts by allowing state agencies to capture and …

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CSF Supports Funding for Whale Monitoring as a Solution

Why It Matters: The recreational boating and fishing community understands the importance of protecting North Atlantic right whales and fully supports efforts to do so. However, a proposed rule regarding vessel speed reductions along much of the Atlantic seaboard will have significant implications for offshore anglers and boaters at certain times of the year. Fortunately, …

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