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 …
CSF Continues to Fight for Wolf Hunting and Trapping in the Great Lakes Read More »
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Why it Matters: Several large banks currently institute restrictions on the firearm and ammunition industry. Examples of such restrictions include prohibiting retailers who are customers of the banks from selling long guns to anyone under 21 years of age (despite the federal age of legal ownership being 18), ceasing …
CSF Stands Against Financial Discrimination of Firearms Industry Read More »
Why it matters: Despite their legal classification as “wild” on federal land, unbranded and unclaimed free-roaming horses and burros are non-native, feral livestock that lack natural predators. Wild horse and burros can, and often do, have a significant negative impact on native ecosystems and habitat. There are an estimated 86,000 wild horses and burros on …
CSF, Partners Express Support for Sustainable Wild Horse and Burro Management Read More »
Why it matters: FLTFA helps advance local community, conservation, and recreation needs by addressing land ownership patterns that can cause problems for landowners, sportsmen and women, and public land managers. Now, officially reestablished, the FLTFA program will help increase access opportunities for sportsmen and women across the West. Earlier this year, the Department of the …
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Why it Matters: Trapping is an effective tool that aids in managing a myriad of different wildlife species. CWD is a progressive, fatal, degenerative neurological disease that occurs in farmed and free-ranging deer and has recently been confirmed in neighboring Alabama. Lastly, lack of access to hunting lands is cited …
Numerous Pro-Sportsmen Bills on the Move in Georgia Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Why it Matters: Without question, fish and wildlife management authority should and must remain within the respective state agency’s purview. They are unequivocally the best entities equipped to address fish and wildlife management issues within their respective borders. Recent efforts in the northeast region, such as S. 281, …
Why it matters: The Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council is a unique opportunity for leaders in the outdoor sporting-conservation community to provide recommendations and advice directly to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on issues that are most important to sportsmen and women. On February 17, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced …
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States Senior Coordinator Why it Matters: With so much attention being paid to the multitudes the species and habitats that we are losing to urbanization, invasive species, climate change, disease and more, we need to celebrate the conservation wins, no matter how big or small. Once on the brink of …
Gould’s Turkey Could be the Next Conservation Success Story in New Mexico Read More »
Why it matters: The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization has provided approximately $31 million in federal funding to conduct roughly 185 research, restoration, and regional conservation projects, making this program critical for fish and wildlife within the Great Lakes region. These projects include waterfowl monitoring, wetland restoration, culvert improvement, dam removal, among many other …
House Natural Resources Committee Passes Important Great Lakes Conservation Bill Read More »
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States Senior Coordinator Why it Matters: One needs to look no further than the current COVID-19 pandemic to understand the benefits of getting outside for peoples mental and physical health. While there are many outdoor activities that provide mental and physical benefits, there are few that also directly benefit conservation …
Hunter Education Could Be an Elective for Colorado’s Seventh Graders Read More »
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States Senior Coordinator Why it Matters: According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2022 report titled “Species Status Assessment for the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Lower-48 States” the grizzly bear population in the NCDE has made significant strides towards recovery. The proposed amendments to the NCDE Grizzly …
Contact: Kent Keene, Senior Coordinator, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Why it Matters: As legislation continues to move rapidly across the Lower Midwest and around the nation, two bills in Iowa have risen to the surface are receiving a lot of attention. Working with mission partners and members of the Iowa Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, …
Shotgun Calibers and Land Acquisition Legislation up for Debate in Iowa Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Why it Matters: The inability to hunt on Sundays is a foreign idea in most states across the country, but in ten states in the northeastern and southeastern regions, it is a reality. Prohibitions and restrictions on Sunday hunting result in a wide swath of detriments to the …
Sunday Hunting Authorizations – A Growing Theme in the Northeast Read More »
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Pacific States Assistant Manager Why It Matters: Hunting bears is a part of California’s culture and heritage and is an important part of CDFW’s ongoing hunting recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) efforts to maintain and increase the number of Californians in the outdoors. Continuing to harvest bears will not only provide CDFW …
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 …
Why it matters: The ability to collect accurate, reliable information on recreational fishing effort and harvest is challenging in the southeastern United States. MRIP is a broad, general survey over two-month windows that does not have the ability to adequately sample angling effort in fisheries with a relatively short season. This uncertainty in the data …
Improved Angler Catch Data on the Horizon in the South Atlantic Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Why it Matters: Sunday hunting bans are one of the last remaining examples of the puritanical blue laws, but in recent years, much progress has been made towards the lessening of these restrictions. In Maryland, hunting for all game birds and mammals on Sundays is authorized in select …
Maryland Seeking to Expand Sunday Hunting in Somerset County Read More »
Contact: Kent Keene; Senior Coordinator, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Why it Matters: Granting license and fee authority to the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission would allow the agency charged with managing Oklahoma’s fish and wildlife resources the ability to simplify the current complicated system of licenses and permits to best suit the needs of …
Oklahoma Bills Renew Push for State Agency License Authority Read More »
Why it matters: The Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment leads USDA’s Forest Service, an agency charged with the management of millions of acres of public lands across the United States. In addition to the Forest Service’s crucial role in providing a sustainable source of forest products, our National Forests and Grasslands provide an …
Senate Confirms CSF-Supported USDA Nominee Dr. Homer Wilkes Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Why it Matters: State fish and wildlife agency boards and commissions have instrumental roles in setting the frameworks that result in the successful conservation and management of a state’s fish, wildlife, and their habitats. Sportsmen and women (including hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and trappers) have played a crucial …
Strong Representation by Vermont’s Sporting Community During Committee Hearing Read More »
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