Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic still at the front of everyone’s minds, we are already beginning to witness the impact that actions taken in some states during the past year will have on state legislative sessions across the nation in 2021. Some of the primary responses to the…
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On December 1, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) opened the public comment period for proposed rule changes for the 2021-2022 seasons, including three rule proposals that would open Sunday hunting on 51 Game Lands. Since the passage of the Outdoor Heritage Enhanced Act of 2017, which…
Last week, the Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council (HSSCC) hosted its sixth meeting since its inception, and was joined by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Aurelia Skipwith, to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing America’s sportsmen and women. The…
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On December 1, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter in support of several proposed rule changes made by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) to reduce the minimum age to participate in the Mentored-Youth Hunting Program from 10 to 8, to increase the…
On Thursday, December 9, House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman and Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus member Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) introduced a bill that would expand the Conservation Reserve Program’s (CRP) maximum enrollment cap to 50 million acres by the year 2026. Currently set at 25 million acres for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and reaching a…
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator For most sportsmen and women, the end of November conjures thoughts of gathering with family members and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving and sharing stories from successes afield. While this is most often the case, Pennsylvania’s sporting community had something else on its mind: Sunday…