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Contact: Kent Keene, Senior Coordinator, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Highlights Why it Matters: Conservation success stories, particularly those that result in increased opportunities for sportsmen and women, should always be cause for celebration. The successful restoration of Missouri’s black bear population through natural immigration from Arkansas and Oklahoma is one such example. Thanks to…

Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director Highlights Why It Matters: The Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources’ adoption of the resolution expressing support for allowing Sunday hunting on public lands sends a strong message to the Virginia General Assembly as legislation to remove the prohibition on public lands Sunday hunting is considered. In the last two…

Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Senior Coordinator, Rocky Mountain States Highlights Why it Matters:  Despite its enticing name, “Wildlife For All,” is the latest initiative to come out of the anti-sportsmen camp and riddled with misinformation and deception. Backed by notable and outspoken anti-hunting organizations, the initiative tries to challenge the indisputable and voluntary role sportspeople play…

Highlights Why it matters: The Cottonwood decision prevents our nation’s forest managers from utilizing active management practices to improve our forests including timber harvests, timber stand improvement, thinning, and prescribed fire, among others. As a result, our forest managers are limited in their ability to improve habitat, increase forest resiliency to reduce the threat of…

Highlights Why it matters: This bill will be a critical step forward to mitigating the impacts climate change, man-made infrastructure, and natural disasters have on our nation’s coastal communities. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources estimates that 640,000 acres, approximately the size of Rhode Island, will be under water by the year 2050. Unfortunately, this…

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Highlights Why it Matters: Several recently introduced pieces of legislation could have positive effects on Michigan’s sporting communities. HB 5358-5360 would ensure that guides hired in the Great Lakes State are licensed, responsible, and trained to handle an emergency. HB 5187 & 5188 would protect the firearms industry and citizens’…