Why It Matters: Turkeys are one of the most popular game birds that hunters pursue, with several states offering both a spring and fall hunting season. However, many states in the Great Plains are experiencing a decline in wild turkey populations. This decline in population has caused state fish and wildlife agencies to adjust the…
Why It Matters: Facing a $500 million revenue shortfall and priorities set by Governor Tina Kotek, the 2025 legislative session in Oregon left little room for sportsmen’s issues. Still, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) fought vigorously to protect hunting, trapping, and firearms rights while advocating for conservation funding to protect Oregon’s outdoor heritage into the…
Why It Matters: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is regarded as the most successful conservation framework in the world. However, the Model is only successful with the necessary funding behind it. For nearly 90 years, this funding has been largely (and in some states, exclusively) driven by sportsmen and women through the “user…
(July 1, 2025) – Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is excited to announce the promotion of Taylor Schmitz to Senior Vice President. Taylor has been with CSF for nearly a decade, and most recently served as the Director of Federal Relations, a position in which Taylor oversaw and led the federal policy…
Why It Matters: Sunday hunting bans are one of the last remaining examples of the puritanical and antiquated laws that were initially designed to encourage church attendance. At the time when blue law restrictions were first put in place, other activities that were illegal on a Sunday included opening a store for business, drinking alcoholic…
Why It Matters: There is no doubt that private lands often play an outsized role in providing habitat for our nation’s public trust wildlife resources. In many cases, state fish and wildlife agencies provide no-cost hunting tags as a reward for the habitat that qualifying landowners provide. However, recent efforts have sought to allow recipient…