Contact: Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director As deer season begins in Alabama, the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) is hosting public meetings throughout the state to inform and educate the public on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) as well as WFF’s ongoing surveillance efforts regarding the disease. To date, CWD has not been…
By Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator On October 7, members of the Arkansas and Oklahoma Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucuses met at the Pajaro Gun Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas for the first annual joint Arkansas and Oklahoma Sporting Clays Challenge. The Sporting Clays Challenge saw Caucus members from each state compete against each other in…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator From October 8-11, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Western States Coordinator Aoibheann Cline spent the week at the American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) Sportfishing Summit at the Skamamnia Lodge along the beautiful Columbia River Gorge in Stevenson, Washington. ASA is a long-time partner organization of CSF’s and represents the interests of…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) announced that it had purchased a 465-acre parcel of land in order to create the Norcross Hill Wildlife Management Area. For the Bay State’s sportsmen and women, this news means increased access and hunting opportunities for years…
By: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator It was the dog days of summer in southern Alabama and the stench hit me in the face like a bee to the teeth at 80 mph on the back of a motorcycle. A combination of hot, wet dumpster with a dash of decaying vegetation and hint of…
On October 17, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members, other federal policymakers, state agency representatives, leaders of both the wild deer community and deer farmers, and leaders of the broader sportsmen’s conservation community for a bipartisan Capitol Hill Luncheon to discuss Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Chronic Wasting Disease affects cervids such as…