Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On November 10, I returned from a successful nine-day upland hunt in North Dakota, where I was accompanied by a few friends and our dogs. This was our first time hunting in the state, and we were not sure what to expect. Fortunately, the North Dakota Game and Fish …
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States, and States Program Administrator On November 11, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced that hunters in the state would now be able to check in their deer using an online tool, rather than bringing their harvests to a physical check station. As previously reported by the Congressional …
Online Reporting of Deer Authorized and Deer Camp Discouraged in Vermont Read More »
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator In conjunction with the firearms deer hunting seasons that are slowly opening across the northeast region, state fish and wildlife agencies are also hard at work preparing for a different pursuit – trout. In a press release from Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management (DEM), it’s recognized …
Stocked Waters in Rhode Island Offer a Great Opportunity for Anglers This Fall Read More »
Recently, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Infrastructure, which seeks to improve our nation’s water infrastructure, including the critically important Florida Everglades. The Executive Order (EO) promotes collaborative conservation by helping facilitate coordination between Federal Agencies on the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Plan (CREP) by way of the newly …
Administration Continues to Seek Ways to Improve Everglades Read More »
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator A historic day is quickly approaching for Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and women, as hunters will be able to head afield for the first authorized Sunday hunting opportunity on November 15. Thanks in large part to a valiant, decades-long legislative campaign, during which the Congressional Sportsmen’s …
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) Commission (Commission) is developing draft rule changes that provide objective criteria for establishing Restricted Hunting Areas (RHAs). The FWC’s stated intent is to reduce confusion for hunters that utilize RHAs and communities that apply for a RHA. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is …
FWC Commission Developing Rules for Establishing Restricted Hunting Areas Read More »
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator and Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator Utah Passes Right to Hunt and Fish During the 2020 election, the citizens of Utah voted to pass (74.7% Yes, 25.3% No) through a ballot initiative, a Constitutional Amendment to guarantee its people the right to hunt and fish. The Constitutional Amendment …
Hunting Management Decisions Left to Voters in the West Read More »
Contacts: Chris Horton, Midwestern States Senior Director; Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager; Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator As firearm deer season approaches throughout much of the Midwest, experienced hunters are encouraged to use this time as an opportunity to introduce new hunters to the field. Pursuing deer with firearms is often the most …
Midwestern Hunters are encouraged to Introduce New Sportsmen and Women to the Outdoors Read More »
Registration for our 17th Annual Sportsman-Legislator Summit is now open. Like many of our other events, this premiere legislative event is being held virtual this year and will take place on December 8 and 9. The theme of this year’s Summit is, “2020: A Clear Vision for Enhanced Access, Opportunities, & #ResponsibleRecreation.” This is the …
Register Now to Virtually Attend our 17th Annual NASC Sportsman-Legislator Summit! Read More »
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator On October 24, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a press release stating that it had recently been transferred a 525-acre parcel of land, creating the Clear Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA). For the Empire State’s sportsmen and women, who …
525 Acres Transferred to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Read More »
Recently, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) Federal Relations Manager, Taylor Schmitz, received an appointment to represent the recreational fishing community on the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council as an alternate member. One of the newest additions to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary System, Mallows Bay-Potomac River National …
CSF Staff Appointed to Mallows Bay-Potomac River Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Read More »
Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator On October 28, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a formal letter of support for regulation changes proposed by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to create a limited black bear hunting opportunity for Missouri residents. As previously reported on June 8 and September 8, CSF supports the …
CSF Weighs-in on Missouri’s Proposed Black Bear Hunting Opportunity Read More »
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the delisting of the gray wolf species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) after decades of focused conservation efforts and monitoring. This delisting reflects a successful recovery of the species. Now, state and tribal wildlife management professionals will take over responsibility for management of the gray …
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator In September, a petition was brought before the Oregon Fish and Game Commission (Commission) to initiate rulemaking to amend OAR 635-050-0070 to permanently close commercial and recreational beaver trapping and hunting on federally managed public lands and waters in the state. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and a coalition …
October 30, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, the 116th Congress was solidified as one of the most productive for conservation and sportsmen and women in a lifetime with the enactment of the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act (S. 3051) which is now federal law. The ACE Act, which was led by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members Senators John Barrasso …
On October 20, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Menhaden Management Board voted to reduce the Atlantic menhaden quota by 10 percent for the 2021 and 2022 fishing years, representing the first management action as a result of the new ecological reference points (ERP) approach to ensure anglers leave enough menhaden in the …
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On October 15, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) requested that the Department of the Interior (DOI) reconsider a 2016 decision to close the Skokomish River to recreational fishing (Solicitor Opinion M-37034). The Solicitor Opinion in 2016 resulted in the closure of bank fishing …
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On October 13, the Mississippi State University (MSU) Collegiate Sportsmen and Women’s Coalition hosted its inaugural interest meeting on the campus of MSU. The meeting was attended by over 25 in-person attendees along with several guests that attended virtually. The MSU Collegiate Sportsmen and Women’s Coalition, which was formally approved …
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator On October 21, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined conservation partners to submit a letter to the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) regarding the draft report from the Forests Sub-Group. Both procedurally and substantively speaking, the draft report is void of important forest management and …
CSF Joins Sign-On Letter Opposing “Pro-forestation” Approach in Connecticut Read More »
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator On October 22, nearly 90 people, including more than 75 caucus members, representatives from numerous sportsmen’s conservation groups and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, gathered to celebrate Louisiana’s outdoor sporting traditions and discuss issues impacting hunters and anglers in the Pelican State. The bipartisan and bicameral Louisiana Legislative …
