Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On January 13, Senator Susan Glick introduced Senate Bill 325. This bill would ensure that the public has access to the Lake Michigan shore line, one of the Hoosier state’s most precious resources. This bill is consistent with the Indiana Supreme Court’s 2018 finding in Gunderson v. State, which held that…
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On January 10, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator attended the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association’s (MOGA) Winter Convention and Big Hearts Under the Big Sky charity banquet in Bozeman, Montana. MOGA represents the outfitting industry in all its forms in the Treasure State and sits as Vice-Chair…
Contact: New England States Coordinator Joseph Mullin On January 16, Joseph Mullin, New England States Coordinator for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), attended a House Environment and Agriculture Committee hearing in Concord, NH, to testify in opposition to House Bill 1389 (HB 1389) – legislation that requires a dog owner to construct a specific shelter if…
Contact: Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Brent Miller On January 13, AB 2731, a bill to remove the statutory limits on the number of beaver permits that can be issued by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife became eligible for consideration by the Governor. The bill received strong bipartisan votes in both the…
Contacts: Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Brent Miller & New England States Coordinator Joseph Mullin With state legislative sessions beginning across the northeast, members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) States Program Team are hard at work tracking and engaging on legislation throughout the region. In the coming months, northeast staff will continue to support…
Contact: Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Brent Miller The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2020 on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters, and Sunday hunting is on the agenda. As authorized through recently enacted legislation (S. 147), the Board…