Last week, the Trump administration rejected a permit request to develop a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, ensuring the future of the world’s largest remaining wild salmon spawning grounds, which delivered a remarkable victory to sportsmen and women and conservation. Previously, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) requested the Pebble…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On November 13, the Oregon Fish and Game Commission (Commission) denied a petition to ban beaver trapping on federal lands across the entire state. The initial motion to accept the petition to ban beaver trapping on federal land was denied by a 3-3 vote of the Commission. Following subsequent Commission…
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On November 12, the US Geological Survey (USGS) released an article touting a newly released study, Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States: Volume 1, which includes maps of more than 40 big-game migration routes in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. For the first time, state and…
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On November 17, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Senior Director of Midwestern States and Fisheries Policy Chris Horton, and Southeastern States Assistant Director John Culclasure, were guest panelists on a University of South Florida Honors College Hunting and Conservation Panel. Horton and Culclasure spoke to students about the work…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator On November 16, one of Massachusetts’ numerous restrictive kennel bills was sent to accompany a study order, easing some of the concerns that dog owners have had over the past two years. For clarification, when a bill is “sent to study,” it is commonly the end of…
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…