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Why It Matters: For years, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has supported efforts to restore state wildlife management authority of species that are recovered under the Endangered Species Act, including grizzly bears and gray wolves. Furthermore, CSF has long supported efforts to alleviate the costly procedural hurdles imposed by the Cottonwood decision. Last week’s hearing…

Why It Matters: A working partnership between state fish and wildlife agencies and private landowners, particularly in states with limited public lands, is critical as agencies seek to fulfill their mission to provide opportunities for land access and support wildlife habitat conservation. State fish and wildlife agencies are best equipped for making science-based wildlife management…

Why It Matters: As the leading voice for sportsmen and women in the policy arena, CSF and staff engage in a variety of ways. Appointments to Federal Councils allows CSF to further its scope of contribution to the policy process. Highlights: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Assistant Manager, Rocky Mountain States and Predator and Furbearer Management Policy, was…

March 23, 2023 (MISSOULA, MT) Last night, the Boone and Crockett Club presented the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) with its most prestigious award for conservation partners. The Conservation Stewardship Award is given annually to the organization or entity that best exemplifies excellence in natural resource conservation and stewardship—core values of the Boone and Crockett Club and its founder, Theodore Roosevelt….

March 21, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) Today, as Congress prepares for the 2023 Farm Bill, the American Sportfishing Association, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and Trout Unlimited announced the Fisheries in the Farm Bill Coalition’s priorities for the bill. The coalition’s priorities represent key investments in agricultural conservation that will benefit freshwater and saltwater fisheries.

Why It Matters: Efforts to conserve – not “preserve” – African species are generally honorable, but they must be made in coordination with the range nations where the species are located. To implement a process that creates unreasonable hurdles on these nations poses to, among many things, curb hunting in Africa and sideline the coordination…