Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator Across much of the Lower Midwestern region, the 2019 Legislative Sessions are coming to a close. As a result of work by the bipartisan legislative sportsmen’s caucuses across this region, supported by Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation staff, several pieces of pro-hunting and fishing legislation are set to become law….
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On June 18, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) hosted its final public listening session on coyote hunting contests and species population management practices at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. The event primarily served the purpose of allowing MassWildlife the opportunity to gather public…
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator On June 14, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) issued a release notifying the public that a second white-tailed deer inside Libby city limits was exhibiting signs of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal disease of increasing concern for wildlife managers across North America. In accordance with the…
On June 19, the House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative markup on H.R. 3195, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Member (CSC) Congressman Van Drew (NJ). Earlier this year, S. 47 – the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act –…
Contact: John Culclasure, Central Appalachian States Manager On June 20, House Bill 483 (Let Them Spawn) passed its third reading in the state’s House of Representatives on a 58-47 vote. Sponsored by North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chairs Representative Larry Yarborough and Representative Michael Wray and Caucus members Representatives Jason Saine and Brian Turner, HB…
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On June 18, the bipartisan and bicameral Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its Annual Cigar Reception at the Susquehanna Ale House in Harrisburg, where an important Sunday hunting-related bill was discussed. Over 40 members of the Caucus were joined by Directors and staff members from both the Fish…