Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the dates for the 2021 general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the 2021 sign-up for CRP Grasslands. The competitive general sign-up period, during which landowner offers are ranked and awarded based on a variety of metrics, will begin on January 4, 2021 and extend…
Our 17th Annual NASC Sportsman-Legislator Summit will now be held virtually on December 8 and 9, 2020, which means that the silent auction is NOW OPEN virtually! There are a lot of great items to bid on just in time for the holidays, such as guided hunting trips and high-quality hunting and fishing gear, among…
Last week, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and more than 25 partners from the sporting-conservation community sent a letter to Congressional Leaders House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Minority Leader McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Schumer, in support of the Conservation of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act (COASTAL Act) and the…
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On November 3, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) released an article describing proposed regulation changes to big game and waterfowl hunting, in addition to the Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit program (CWMU) for 2021 and encouraging the public to submit comments. Elk DWR biologists are proposing to…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On November 10, I returned from a successful nine-day upland hunt in North Dakota, where I was accompanied by a few friends and our dogs. This was our first time hunting in the state, and we were not sure what to expect. Fortunately, the North Dakota Game and Fish…
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States, and States Program Administrator On November 11, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced that hunters in the state would now be able to check in their deer using an online tool, rather than bringing their harvests to a physical check station. As previously reported by the Congressional…