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Montana Bolsters Public Access with 2025 Legislative Wins for Sportsmen

Why It Matters: Montana’s 2025 legislative session delivered key victories for hunters, anglers, and trappers by enhancing the state’s Block Management Program, bolstering public access to private lands. Three bills, all sponsored by Montana Legislative Sportsmen Caucus Co-chairs, worked to address the critical issue of land access and sportsmen/landowner relations. Highlights: Caucus Co-Chair Representative Joshua …

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CSF-Supported Bill to Increase Poaching Penalties Enacted in Tennessee

Why It Matters: Poaching – the illegal take of game – ranks among the greatest threats to the societal acceptance of hunting. Hunters are widely known as the original conservationists and are to thank for many of the legendary conservation success stories experienced in North America over the last century. Efforts to strengthen punishments for …

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CSF Supports White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area Revitalization

Why It Matters: The White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WLWCA) spans over 71,000 acres and has long been considered one of the most important areas in North America for wintering waterfowl and an important destination for sportsmen and women. Over the years, the WLWCA has been without adequate funding to repair and maintain critical infrastructure, such …

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New Hampshire Airgun Hunting Bill Eligible for Governor’s Signature

Why It Matters: New Hampshire House Bill 211 (HB 211), was passed out of the Senate on April 17, 2025 and enrolled on May 6, 2025, making the bill eligible for Governor Kelly Ayotte’s signature. Along with authorizing airguns for hunting, HB 211 authorizes the New Hampshire Fish and Game Executive Director the ability to …

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Bill to Stop Foreign Evasion of Conservation Funding Introduced in Senate

Why It Matters: The American System of Conservation funding is a highly successful model unique to the rest of the world. The Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration component of the Model provides more than $1.3 billion in funding for fish and wildlife conservation each year through excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing tackle, and …

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Enhancements to the Alaska Big Game Commercial Services Board Proposed

Why It Matters: Comprised of nine Governor-appointed volunteer members, the Alaska Big Game Commercial Services Board is responsible for regulating and overseeing commercial big game hunting and transportation services ensuring public safety, wildlife management, and professional standards. A bill proposal working its way through the Alaska State Legislature aims to enhance that current structure by …

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North Dakota Legislative Session Recap

Why It Matters: The North Dakota legislative session saw its fair share of legislation that would have had an impact on sportsmen and women, the state fish and wildlife agency, and wildlife. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) actively engaged on legislation that would have limited hunting access on public and private property, restricted the state …

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Sunday Hunting Legislation Moving in Connecticut

Why It Matters: The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been actively working to advance legislation to permit expanded Sunday hunting opportunities in Connecticut. After ten years since the original bill to allow archery hunting for deer on Sundays passed, and on a bipartisan vote, a negotiated bill to expand Sunday hunting opportunities further has now …

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CSF-Priority Forest Management Legislation Receives Hearing in Senate Agriculture Committee

Why It Matters: The Fix Our Forests Act would expand authorities and collaborative tools to support forest restoration treatments in high priority firesheds to reduce severe wildfire risk. Reforming federal forests management is a top priority for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) to address the wildfire crisis by enabling the efficient implementation at scale of …

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CSF Priority Legislation to Enhance Access to Public Lands Reintroduced in Senate

Why It Matters: America’s federal public lands face a significant headwind of deferred infrastructure maintenance (roads, bridges, trails, campgrounds, etc.), which can ultimately limit access for sportsmen and women. This legislation will help provide federal land agencies much-needed financial resources to turn the corner on deferred maintenance. Highlights: Last week, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Member …

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Golden State Follies: Bear Bill Backburnered for the Year

Why It Matters: California is a beautiful western state with a long tradition of rugged individualism, including the most ancient human pursuit of fish and game. Our hunting traditions go back hundreds of years in California, a state many sportsmen and women often associate with bad ideas these days – many of which have now …

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One CSF Priority Enacted, Another on the Move in Louisiana

Why It Matters: Louisiana becomes the latest state to recognize the advancements in muzzleloading technology, such as the Firestick, that have enhanced the safety and reliability of traditional muzzleloading firearms. With a new method of take opportunity on the table, hunters in the Sportsmen’s Paradise will have expanded access to pursue our time-honored traditions. Additionally, on the …

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Delaware Introduces Pro-Sportsmen Knife Legislation

Why It Matters: Currently, in the First State, your “ordinary pocketknife” must be a folding knife having a blade no bigger than 3 inches in length and cannot be a mechanically-assisted knife (what many states have erroneously defined as a “switchblade”). Senate Bill 108 (SB 108) repeals that requirement by amending the language of the …

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I Fish, I Hunt, I Vote™: Michigan Bill Providing License Purchasers with Voter Registration Form Unanimously Passes Committee

Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women are the original conservationists and, as our sporting-conservation heritage is threatened by a growing number of ballot-box biology initiatives, it is imperative that hunters, anglers, and trappers participate in the political process. Ensuring that each license purchaser that is eligible to vote is provided with a registration opportunity stands …

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Sunday Hunting Restrictions Upheld in North Carolina

Why It Matters: In just a handful of states, Sunday hunting restrictions remain as remnants of puritanical blue laws originally enacted to encourage church attendance. Now, Sunday hunting restrictions limit the ability of sportsmen and women (the primary funders of conservation through the “user pays – public benefits” structure of the American System of Conservation …

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Agency Authority to Regulate Baiting Lost in North Dakota

Why It Matters: Early in the legislative session, North Dakota legislators introduced a bill that would prohibit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDGF) from adopting or implementing policies on baiting, or supplemental feeding, on private property and the bill ultimately passed both chambers and was signed into law by the Governor. Removing management …

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Lead Ammo Continues to be Scrutinized in the Northeast

Why It Matters: The attacks on the use of lead ammunition have continued throughout the 2025 legislative sessions across the northeast. The use of lead ammunition in hunting is a contentious issue in some states, with the primary concern being the potential effects on wildlife. However, bans on such lead products can cause a decrease …

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Despite Challenges, Colorado’s Sportsmen and Women Unite at the Capitol

Why It Matters: Colorado is a state currently beset with many political challenges that threaten our outdoor pursuits and traditions. Despite that, sportspeople from across the state gathered at the Capitol in Denver to both show legislators who support us our support for them, and to show those legislators who threaten our interests that the …

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Arkansas Legislative Session Recap: A Collection of Excellent News for Sportsmen and Women

Why It Matters: Even states as pro-sportsmen as Arkansas have opportunities to further support sportsmen and women by enacting new legislation. This session, Arkansas saw several important bills introduced, with many of them successfully crossing the finish line before the Legislature adjourned last week. From updating the No-Net-Loss baseline, to preempting laws related to knife …

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Legislation to Strengthen Private Property Protections on the Move in North Carolina

Why It Matters: Hunters work tirelessly to prepare year-round to pursue their favorite game species. As months turn into weeks and weeks turn into days, hunters dial in their calls, weapons of choice, and perhaps most importantly – the coveted in location as seasons approach. Hunters, especially in the East, often rely on private land …

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