Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator On July 1, Governor Tom Wolf, a Member of the bipartisan Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus, signed HB 1188 into law. The Governor’s approval of the bill, which was supported by many members of the bipartisan and bicameral Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, follows strong bipartisan votes…
July 1, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Building off of the Senate’s recent passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) led the effort to secure House passage of the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742) as part of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.
An article by John Culclasure published in Covey Rise.
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On June 19, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter of support for two rulemaking proposals to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), including the establishment of additional limitations on dry ground sets using body-gripping traps and an effort to simplify the rules associated with…
Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator On June 25, members of the Kansas Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism (KDWPT) Commission (Commission) discussed newly proposed changes to Kansas’ coyote hunting regulations during their monthly meeting. These proposed changes include legalizing the use of night vision, thermal, and infrared optics during a special private lands season scheduled…
Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator On June 25, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus Member Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1577 into law. The legislation, sponsored by Mississippi Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) Member Speaker Philip Gunn, authorizes a hunter safety course for students in Grades 7 through 12 that will satisfy the hunter education course requirement…