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On May 28, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a comment letter in strong support of the 2020-2021 station-specific hunting and sport fishing regulations proposed rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). This rule will provide a historic expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges…

Last week, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the approval of $160 million in funding for the conservation of critical wetland habitat to benefit migratory waterfowl and other species. The funding was approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (Commission), which is chaired by Secretary Bernhardt, and includes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection…

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is currently collecting comments regarding a proposal it received to amend the State’s bear hunting rules. The proposed regulations would prohibit the “intentional feeding” of bears – also referred to as baiting – with products that contain refined…

Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States & States Program Team Administrator On May 28, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Senator Dan Laughlin was named the “2019 State Legislator of the Year” by Safari Club International (SCI) – a partner conservation organization to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF). Senator Laughlin has been an integral element…

Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator During their recent regularly scheduled meeting, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (Commission) approved several important regulatory changes, including regulations designed to protect the state’s declining southern flounder population. Specifically, the Commission approved increasing the minimum length requirement for southern flounder to 15 inches and changes to the…

By: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator “The key is diversification!” How many times have you heard financial advisors, either on television or in-person, make this statement? For some, the link between diversification and conservation funding may seem abstract. However, there is some merit to applying this concept to how we view conservation funding in…