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August 4, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier today, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) President, Jeff Crane, joined President Donald Trump as he signed the Great American Outdoors Act into permanent federal law, marking a day that will go down in history as a milestone for sportsmen and women across our nation. The Great American Outdoors Act…

This week, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Atlantic Menhaden Management Board will meet to discuss implementation of the menhaden Ecological Reference Points (ERPs), which would represent an important first step toward true ecosystem-based management of our fisheries resources. On July 27, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined a coalition of recreational fishing conservation…

Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On July 28, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District in opposition of the Lucky Peak Lake View Trail, proposed by the South West Idaho Mountain Biking Association. The proposed trail would run through the…

Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator On July 27, Senators Gary Smith and Rick Ward accepted leadership positions for the Louisiana Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) serving as the Senate Co-Chairs of the Caucus alongside the House Co-Chairs, Representative Vincent Pierre and Speaker Clay Schexnayder. “I look forward to working with Representative Pierre and Speaker Schexnayder…

On July 7 and 14, the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Executive Council held their annual Mid-Year Meeting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s meeting took place in a virtual setting. Facilitated by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the Mid-Year Meeting is the annual summer gathering of the NASC Executive Council where issues and…

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator On July 30, the New Hampshire Executive Council held a public hearing to discuss the recommendation of Scott Mason to serve as the next Executive Director for the New Hampshire Fish and Game (NHFG) Department. The hearing resulted after Governor Chris Sununu, Member of the Governors Sportsmen’s…