Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Highlights Why it Matters: Vermont’s sportsmen and women – who are undoubtedly the most important voices that must be heard on these issues – can help kill this bad legislation by weighing in through written testimony. It’s critical that residents of the Green Mountain …
VERMONT ACTION ALERT: Calling all Resident Sportsmen and Women Read More »
By: Kent Keene, Senior Coordinator, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy As a hunter, I will never forget my first experience hunting farms enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the thrill that came with bagging my first wild pheasant. Though we were pursuing white-tailed deer, we heard there were pheasants in this particular …
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Pacific States Assistant Manager Highlights Why it Matters: Hunting with dogs has emerged at the forefront of controversial issues in several states, pitting anti-hunters against the many hunters who use dogs to passionately pursue their outdoor interests and hunting traditions. The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, by rejecting a ban on the …
All Bark No Bite: Nevada Commission Denies Petition to Ban Hunting Bears with Dogs Read More »
Contact: Kent Keene, Senior Coordinator, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Highlights Why it matters: For centuries, hunters served as providers for their communities. Today, reliance on hunters and gatherers to supply food outside of their own homes has diminished. However, hunters in many states can play a role in providing for those in need …
Expanding Opportunities for Hunters to Support Their Communities in Texas Read More »
Highlights Why it matters: Digital mapping and GPS technologies have fundamentally changed how sportsmen and women traverse federal lands, however, inconsistent, and outdated record keeping practices among federal land management agencies hinders the ability of sportsmen and women to fully take advantage of these technologies. The digitization of public easements, access points, rights-of-way, and other mapping …
Highlights Why it Matters: California’s statewide prohibition on the import and sale of alligator products threatens to disrupt the market for American alligator products which is critical to supporting conservation efforts for the American alligator and its threatened habitats. American alligators are a listed species under the Endangered Species Act, but the species is only …
Proposed Rule Supports ‘Gator Conservation Efforts Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern States Highlights Why it Matters: Firearm suppressors are often referred to as the hearing protection of the 21st Century – but don’t just take our word for it. According to data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, suppressor ownership and use has expanded rapidly in recent …
Working to Clear Hurdles for Maine’s Suppressed Hunting Community Read More »
College students are emerging as a bright spot in the fight against declining hunting participation. Together with CSF, we are working to ensure that Montana’s college students aren’t priced out of an opportunity to hunt and fish. By: Joshua Millspaugh, Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Montana; Jonathan Karlen, undergraduate student, University of …
Contact: Joe Mullin, Northeastern States Assistant Manager Highlights: Why it Matters: This bill would amend the current discharge distance statute in Maine, ultimately prohibiting the discharge of a bow within 100 yards of a dwelling or building. This bill would result in a loss of access for sportsmen and women – something that is commonly …
Archery Hunters in Maine Should Not Bow Down to 100-Yard Setback Bill Read More »
March 17, 2021 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier today, nearly 200 people attended the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) first virtual policy briefing of the year to discuss the importance of including the hunting and fishing community in the development of policy related to the global 30 by 30 initiative. The 30 by 30 initiative aims to conserve 30 percent of …
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: Senate Bill 511 threatens Tennessee’s hunting heritage by imposing unnecessary regulatory oversight and increasing costs for sportsmen and women who keep dogs for hunting, field trials, and other sporting purposes. Tennessee has stringent animal cruelty laws that require individuals to provide shelter and care for …
CSF Pushes Back on Problematic Commercial Dog Breeder Bill in Tennessee Read More »
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Highlights Why it Matters: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) 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, only 34 …
Great Lakes Wolf Recovery is Conservation Success Story Read More »
Highlights: Why it matters: Inadequate funding to address losses from wildfires, drought, disease, and insect infestation has created a significant backlog of reforestation planting needs. The U.S. Forest Service has identified more than 1.3 million acres that may never recover without replanting or regeneration financial assistance. Without addressing this funding shortfall, our nation’s forests are …
The Future of Healthy Forests is Seeded in the REPLANT Act Read More »
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States Senior Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: The most recent petition by the Humane Society of United States (HSUS) to ban all trapping on public and private land in Colorado was denied unanimously by the Parks and Wildlife Commission (Commission). This long-standing, anti-trapping effort in the state is hyper-focused on …
Why it matters: Once legislation passes Congress and is signed into law, the rubber really begins to meet the road when the enacted program is implemented by the Executive Branch. In the case of the Chesapeake WILD program, Congress authorized $15 million a year for the program, but did not provide any money. Therefore, Congress …
Congress and the Chesapeake – Funding Necessary to Restore the Bay Read More »
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is hosting the Gobbler Gear Galore Sweepstakes! The Sweepstakes are now open, and entries are limited to only 500. The Sweepstakes package includes over $2,000 in prizes consisting of top-notch hunting gear such as a Winchester SX4 12 Gauge Semi-Auto Shotgun; a BOYT H51 Double Long Gun Case; 5 boxes …
CSF and NWTF’s Gobbler Gear Galore Sweepstakes NOW OPEN! Limited to 500 entries! 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 …
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director Why it Matters: North Carolina is one of few states that prohibits public land Sunday hunting. Sunday hunting on private lands was legalized in 2015, and hunters have been eager to hunt on public lands on Sundays since the law changed in 2017. The rules changes will open …
Public Land Sunday Hunting One Step Closer to Reality for North Carolina Hunters Read More »
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Rocky Mountain States Senior Coordinator Highlights: Why it Matters: New Mexico Senate Bill 32 is another example of an urban-dominated legislature making decisions that negatively impact rural communities. By banning trapping on public lands, SB 32 will not only limit the ability of state and federal wildlife agencies to use science-based wildlife …
Contact: Joe Mullin, Northeastern States Assistant Manager Why it Matters: This legislation would subject a $1,000 fine on anyone who leaves a dog tethered outside and unattended in temperatures 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below, or 90 degrees Fahrenheit or above, which blatantly ignores the capabilities of different dog breeds to sustain themselves and perform well …
What the Rhode Island General Assembly Should Know – Not all Dog Breeds are the Same Read More »
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