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…
On May 18, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation submitted comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in support of removing Brucella abortus (Brucellosis) from their respective select agent lists. Brucellosis is caused by the Brucella abortis bacterium, resulting in the abortion of fetuses in…
Last week, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and nearly 55 other top sporting-conservation organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate in support of the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422) and the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act (H.R. 925). The Great American Outdoors Act, led by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Member…