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Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator On October 21, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined conservation partners to submit a letter to the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) regarding the draft report from the Forests Sub-Group. Both procedurally and substantively speaking, the draft report is void of important forest management and…

Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator On October 22, nearly 90 people, including more than 75 caucus members, representatives from numerous sportsmen’s conservation groups and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, gathered to celebrate Louisiana’s outdoor sporting traditions and discuss issues impacting hunters and anglers in the Pelican State. The bipartisan and bicameral Louisiana Legislative…

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On November 3, Michigan voters will have a chance to expand the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) by voting yes on Proposal 1. Proposal 1 will ensure a constitutionally protected revenue source for conservation and outdoor recreation in perpetuity. As previously reported, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is part…

Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On October 21, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources (WRC) Commission (Commission) voted to move forward with rulemaking to allow Sunday hunting on 55 Game Lands. After undertaking a comprehensive public input process over the course of this year, Commissioners supported staff recommendations to present the rule proposal to…

October 19, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, the nation’s leading hunting, fishing, and habitat conservation organizations released a statement on the Thirty by Thirty Initiative (30 by 30 Initiative) to establish a goal of placing 30% of the planet’s lands and waters under protected status by the year 2030. Given the historic and ongoing role that hunters and…

On October 15, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and several conservation partners submitted a letter to Acting Chief Kevin Norton of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) regarding recent amendments to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program’s (RCPP) current Application for Public Funding (APF). A conservation program authorized and funded through…