Why It Matters: On October 21, 2025, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hearing featuring 55 bills, many of which would have a substantial impact on sportsmen and women’s access and opportunities, both in potentially good and bad ways. At least six bills addressed opening Sunday Hunting, multiple bills want…
Why It Matters: Through the purchase of hunting and fishing licenses and tags, sportsmen and women provide the foundation for the American System of Conservation Funding. However, over time, the operational costs of state fish and wildlife agencies can exceed the revenue generated from these license and tag purchases, and legislatures must sometimes revisit the…
Why It Matters: Access to America’s public lands and waters are key to passing along our time-honored traditions to the next generation. After all, it is the hunters and anglers of tomorrow that will shoulder the responsibility of funding conservation through the “user pays – public benefits” structure of the American System of Conservation Funding…
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) announced today that Kaylee Mortensen has joined the organization as the Southwestern States Coordinator. In this role, Kaylee will work closely with the state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses under the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) and members of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC) in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah…
Why It Matters: The recent renovations at the Hank Harmon Public Shooting Range in Juneau exemplify the enduring impact of sportsmen and women’s contributions through the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF) – a “user pays-public benefits” model that has fueled wildlife conservation for over 85 years. By channeling excise taxes from sporting goods and…
Why It Matters –A recent Presidential Executive Order provided a formal opportunity for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and others to weigh in on how we can better manage our marine recreational fisheries. Highlights: 1 million marine recreational anglers support 691,565 jobs and annually contribute $138 billion in sales impacts to the U.S. economy. Recreational fishing…