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Contact: Brent Miller, Northeastern States Senior Director, States Program Team Administrator Monday, April 13, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan and bicameral Delaware Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus – Senators Bruce Ennis and Brian Pettyjohn, and Representatives William Carson and Jeff Spiegelman – submitted a letter to Governor Sportsmen’s Caucus member Governor John Carney urging him to continue to promote responsible outdoor recreation during…

Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator  With the widespread impacts of COVID-19, the 2020 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature is currently in recess. In March, the Mississippi Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) hosted the 12th Annual Sportsmen’s Caucus Fish Fry, which provided an opportunity for Caucus members to interact with conservation partners and discuss issues impacting the state’s hunters…

Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator The 2020 legislative session in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature has seen many pieces of legislation that would impact sportsmen and women, and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been working closely with partners, including the Nebraska Sportsmen’s Foundation, to monitor and engage on legislation in the Cornhusker State. In…

Contact: Brent Miller, Northeastern States Senior Director, States Program Team Administrator Recently, both New York and Vermont have authorized internet-only hunter education courses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Both states previously offered a section of the course online, but still required an in-person field day to successfully pass the course and become hunter education certified.  Internet-based…

On April 16, the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced $206 million in annual awards for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).  RCPP is a Farm Bill conservation program that allows NRCS to co-invest in conservation projects with non-federal qualifying partners (i.e., non-profit conservation groups, conservation districts, and other state and local agencies)….

Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published an announcement to seek public comment on a proposed revision to an existing regulation governing the possession and transportation of firearms and other sporting equipment at USACE managed projects and locations.  Currently, sportsmen and women are prohibited from possessing firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment on USACE managed…