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Why It Matters: The 2024-2025 New Jersey legislature adjourns on January 12th, and the 2026-2027 session quickly starts the next day on the 13th. Due to the final push of the 2024-2025 session and to prepare for 2026-2027, just before Christmas the New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus held an event with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance (NJOA) in the New Jersey…

Why It Matters: Longer wildfire seasons, more frequent and intense wildfires, and other forest health stressors increasingly threaten forests, fish and wildlife habitat, and communities. Between 1990 and 2020, the Wildland-Urban Interface increased by 31%. Accelerating the pace and scale of forest restoration through the policy reforms in the Fix Our Forests Act would be a significant step towards reducing wildfire risk for communities and improving forest health, wildlife habitat, and access for sportsmen and women on federal lands.  Highlights:    More than 117 million acres of…

Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women continue to step up to the plate as the primary funders of conservation in North America. Through the “user pays – public benefits” structure that is the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), hunters and anglers generate revenue from sporting license sales and excise tax revenue from the Wildlife and Sport Fish…

(January 9, 2026) – Washington, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the nation’s leading authority in outdoor advocacy, announced its new members of the Board of Directors (Board) for 2026. The new year brings the appointment of Beth Cross, CRO of GrabAGun; Michael Fertitta, Managing Director of JDH Capital Company; Brad Franklin, General…

(January 6, 2026) – Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) mourns the passing of the founder of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) and CSF, former Congressman, Richard T. “Dick” Schulze (R-PA).  Congressman Schulze died peacefully at his home on December 23, 2025, at the age of 96, with his wife of 33 years Nancy…

Why It Matters: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and the National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS), provides invaluable habitat for fish and wildlife, enhances recreational fisheries, and creates irreplaceable access for sportsmen and women across the nation. Unfortunately, over time, the Refuge and Hatchery Systems are becoming…