The in-person NASC Summit in Arkansas has been postponed until 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020 Summit will now be virtual, and additional details on the revised format will be available at www.NASCSummit.org in the near future. The virtual Summit will still be held during the original dates of December 8-11, 2020, and will feature…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator The sportsmen’s community is celebrating last week’s decision by the California Senate Appropriations Committee to hold Assembly Bill (AB) 3030 for the remainder of session. AB 3030 posed a serious threat to access for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. AB 3030 aimed to protect 30 percent of California’s lands…
Earlier today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) requested the Pebble Limited Partnership, the company behind an effort to develop a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, to develop a plan to mitigate the damages associated from discharges and other adverse impacts to the sensitive Bristol Bay region, a roadblock that…
Last week, the Department of the Interior announced a final rule to increase public access opportunities for sportsmen and women across more than 2.3 million acres, marking the largest opening and expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on federal refuges and hatcheries in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Specifically, this expansion…
On August 21, Co-Chairs of the Ohio Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Senator Sean O’Brien and Senator Michael Rulli participated in a field day with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). ODNR Director Mary Mertz and other agency staff joined Sen. O’Brien and Sen. Rulli as they electroshocked fish on Conneaut Creek, discussed Ohio’s Scenic Rivers…
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator On August 18, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chairs Senators Jim Brewster and Daniel Laughlin were among numerous other bipartisan legislators to propose Senate Bill 1266 (SB 1266) – legislation that recognizes the significant financial challenges that businesses and organizations have been experiencing as a…