Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator In early December, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its decision to proceed with the “No Action Alternative” on the proposed Lucky Peak Lake View Trail, located outside of Boise, Idaho in critical big game wintering habitat. The decision is a significant win for conservation as…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator On December 16, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Advisory Council convened for a virtual meeting to vote on the fate of the citizen-driven proposals to ban predator hunting contests and coyote trapping in the Pine Tree State. In both instances, motions were made…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager As the 2020 legislative session in the Great Lakes State draws to an end, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) would like to provide updates on recent activity in the state legislature. Below is a summary of two bills of particular interest to sportsmen and women that were recently passed…
Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator On December 8, Representative-Elect Tim Taylor pre-filed House Bill 369 (HB 369), titled the “Prescribed Burning Act,” ahead of the upcoming 2021 legislative session. HB 369 seeks to formally define the liability standards that landowners must meet when using prescribed fire on their property. Currently, the liability standards…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator Throughout the northeast region, state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses have been hard at work, preparing for the upcoming regular sessions by lining up future virtual meetings and identifying opportunities to protect and advance pro-sportsmen’s policies in the state capitols. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been actively engaged…
December 10, 2020 – The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and Pheasants Forever Inc., and Quail Forever (PF & QF) are pleased to announce the formal continuation of their successful partnership through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed this week during the 17th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Sportsman-Legislator Summit, held virtually due to the ongoing coronavirus…