Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator Sportsmen and women throughout the South are regaining access to public resources on state and federal lands that were closed due to COVID-19. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC) completed its second phase of reopening on May 23, granting access to the trails not opened through the first…
Contact: Chris Horton, Senior Director, Midwestern States & Fisheries Policy On May 15, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission opposing a proposed change to waterfowl regulations on two of the state’s most popular wildlife management areas (WMAs). The proposed change would require hunters to be off…
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and leading conservation partners across the nation have been working together to encourage leadership of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (T&I) to include funding authorization and policy direction for wildlife crossings, habitat connectivity and fish passage in infrastructure legislation being drafted by the Committee. Wildlife crossings provide safe passage…
Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (Commission) recently held their virtual May meeting at which they established parameters for the upcoming red snapper season and discussed proposed regulatory changes. Recreational Red Snapper Season Louisiana (LA) and other states bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) were granted limited state management…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior Coordinator The issue of fighting excessively restrictive kennel legislation in Massachusetts has been an ongoing theme for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), as well as for other like-minded in-state and national organizations. On May 8, news broke out of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government that…
Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator During their May meeting, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed proposed changes to the state’s white-tailed deer and waterfowl bag limits and seasons. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, this commission meeting was held virtually via videoconferencing. During the meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the proposed changes…