Contact: Keely Hopkins, Manager Pacific Region Why It Matters: Since 1999, Washington state has offered a spring black bear hunting season. This season is a fine-tuned conservation and wildlife management tool utilized by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in the implementation of their overall game management plan, which is executed in pursuit of their…
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Why It Matters: Conserving the land base open to hunting is critical to supporting Georgia’s outdoor heritage. While other states (such as Tennessee) have faced threats from state legislators attempting to transfer Wildlife Management Areas away from their respective fish and wildlife agencies, the Caucus and the Georgia General Assembly recognize…
March 22, 2022 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier today, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted a virtual briefing to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s “America the Beautiful” Initiative. More than 150 attendees joined the discussion that focused on the importance of recognizing and supporting the interests of America’s hunters, anglers, and private landowners as vital stakeholders within…
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Manager Pacific Region Why it Matters: Closing state-regulated hunting of healthy wildlife populations will unnecessarily deprive non-local hunters, both native and nonnative, of subsistence and non-subsistence use. Scientific studies and firsthand observations have determined the level of activity in these areas is not delaying caribou migration, and there is not currently a…
Contact: Kent Keene, Assistant Manager, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Why It Matters: While the fair chase ethic remains an important part of what it means to be a sportsman or sportswoman, opportunities to utilize modern developments to open the door for new hunters are always exciting. Recently, advancements in shotshell technologies have done…
This past Friday, March 18, Congressman Don Young (AK), an avid outdoorsman, a master legislator, a conservation legend, and a founding member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 88. Congressman Young, who would more than occasionally remind those around him that he was the Congressman for ALL of Alaska,…