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Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On June 12, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in support of maintaining the “non-essential experimental population” designation of the Mexican wolf, under Section 10 (j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Once common throughout the southeastern…

Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator On June 15, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter of support for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) proposed changes to flounder regulations. According to harvest data in Florida, the flounder population started to experience fluctuations in 2000 with a general decline beginning in 2012….

Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator Though the Iowa State Legislature was suspended for eleven weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators wasted little time upon their return to the state capital on June 3. During their first week back in session, several pieces of sportsman-related legislation were passed by the Iowa Senate…

Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On June 10, the Joint Natural Resources Committee (Committee) voted (15-0) to disapprove of a regulation proposed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) that would have banned the use of lead ammunition for shotguns on Wildlife Management Area (WMAs) shooting ranges. The proposed rule would…

Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States & States Program Administrator On June 8, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted comments on a proposed Recreational Fishing Plan (Plan) for the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). While the Plan included some positive enhancements of recreational angling access within the Refuge, it also included a…

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator The 2020 legislative sessions throughout the northeast region have been, and continue to be, anything but slow. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been hard at work in the states, working alongside the various governors, Caucuses, and state fish and wildlife departments to protect and advance policies…