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Highlights Why it matters: Millions of America’s hunters, anglers, boaters, trappers, and target shooters rely on federal public lands and waters for recreational opportunities. This bill seeks to increase recreational shooting opportunities on Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands, protect federally managed waters from aquatic invasive species, and to synthesize public land visitation…

Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: The establishment of an oak/pine savanna would create quality habitat for quail populations which have been on a continual decline across the Southeast and increase opportunities for hunters. The project would also provide critical habitat diversity that would benefit several other game and non-game wildlife…

Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Senior Coordinator, Rocky Mountain States Highlights Why It Matters: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal, degenerative neurological disease occurring in farmed and free ranging cervid species including deer, elk, caribou, and moose that causes the brain to degenerate and develop cavities becoming sponge like in appearance. CWD can reduce the…

Contact: Joseph Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeast States Highlights Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women have played a crucial role in funding conservation efforts in the United States for over 80 years. The American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a “user pays – public benefits” structure in which those who consumptively use public resources pay for…

Highlights Why it matters: The House Committee on Natural Resources (Committee) is the primary committee in the House through which measures that impact federal fisheries management, aside from funding, must pass and last week was a busy one for the Committee. On Tuesday, the Waters, Oceans, and Wildlife subcommittee held a hearing on two bills…

Contact: Nick Buggia, Senior Coordinator, Upper Midwestern States Manager Highlights Why it Matters: Similar legislation has been popping up around the country in response to restrictions established during the COVID-19 pandemic. HB 5187 & 5188 would protect the firearms industry and the Second Amendment rights of Michigan citizens during another pandemic or similar emergency. This legislation…