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September 9, 2019

Utah: Sportsmen’s Caucus Hosts Late Summer Fishing Trip

Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On August 26, approximately 12 Utah Sportsmen’s Caucus members and 25 other individuals, traveled into the high country of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in pursuit of Tiger and Bonneville Cutthroat Trout. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator Ellary TuckerWilliams was also in attendance. “Utah legislators and other policy…

August 26, 2019

Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Joins Over 25 Organizations in Support of FWS Nominee

Recently, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and 27 other organizations submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of Aurelia Skipwith to serve as the next Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Last month, President Trump nominated Skipwith, who currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish…

August 26, 2019

Department of the Interior Announces Increased Access for Sportsmen and Women

On August 21, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the transfer of 11,149 acres from the Western Rivers Conservancy along the John Day River in Oregon to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  This transfer also increases public access to 2,000 acres of public land that was previously “landlocked” by private lands and was…

August 26, 2019

Indiana: Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Meets with In-State Sportsmen’s Groups

Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On August 17, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia traveled to Edinburgh, IN where he was invited to speak to the Indiana Sportsmen’s Roundtable (Roundtable), a coalition of in-state hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation organizations that work to promote pro-sportsmen policies in the state. …

August 26, 2019

Maine: Use of Live Bait Banned in State’s Northern Management Zone

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On August 21, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s (MDIFW) Advisory Council voted to bring a significant change to a fishing method in the State’s northern region. With a unanimous agreement in favor of the proposed rule, the MDIFW Advisory Council agreed to ban the use…

August 26, 2019

Massachusetts: MassWildlife Suggests Elimination of Predator Hunting Contests

Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator In the near future, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) will be announcing the date, time, and location of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board’s public hearing regarding the topic of coyote hunting contests. Earlier this summer, the Fisheries and Wildlife Board received regulatory recommendations from MassWildlife,…