On June 25, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing in the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a priority issue for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF). This hearing provided an opportunity for members of the House Natural Resources Committee to learn more about the critical need to stop the spread…
On June 25, the House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill (H.R. 3055), which will fund the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, and Commerce, among others. During the floor amendment process, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) was heavily involved in working with Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members to incorporate several pro-conservation amendments into H.R. 3055….
Contacts: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager and Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator From June 23 – 26, the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) hosted its 86th Directors’ Meeting at Maumee Bay State Park and Convention Center in Oregon, Ohio. This annual meeting brings together the directors of the state fish…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On June 25, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) held an open house and public comment period in Brainerd, Minnesota regarding the delisting of gray wolves from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The event filled the 300-seat venue in northern…
Contact: John Culclasure, Central Appalachian States Manager On June 20, legislation (HB 166) that would facilitate increased funding for the Ohio Division of Wildlife (DOW) passed the Senate and is headed to conference committee after the House refused to concur with the Senate’s amendments to the budget bill. The budget contains modest increases for resident…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On June 26, a milestone was reached by Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and women as an important Sunday hunting bill passed the Senate with a vote of 36-14. Co-sponsored by Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Daniel Laughlin and Senator Jim Brewster, Senate Bill 147 would authorize the Pennsylvania Game Commission…