On April 4, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced two important nominations to the Department of the Interior (DOI), which comes exactly one week after the Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider Acting Secretary Bernhardt’s nomination to serve as Secretary of the Interior. The first nomination to be reported favorably by the…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that $1 billion will be apportioned across all 50 states and U.S. territories on April 1. These funds are generated through excise taxes on hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting equipment, and motorboat fuel – a pillar of the American System of Conservation Funding. “For many decades, funds…
By Brent Miller, Senior Director of Northeastern States On April 4, the bipartisan and bicameral Vermont Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its Annual Mixer in Montpelier. The Co-Chairs of the Caucus, Representatives Patrick Brennan and Cynthia Browning, and Senators John Rodgers and Alice Nitka, were joined by nearly 30 other legislators, leadership of the Vermont Fish and…
By John Culclasure, Central Appalachian States Manager West Virginia’s 2018 regular session concluded with many pro-sportsmen’s bills signed into law. On March 22, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus member Governor Jim Justice signed HB 2715 into law expanding the conditions that qualify for a special hunting permit for disabled persons. West Virginia Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Delegate…
It's that time of year when I start looking for the hatchery stocking truck delivering fish to the Black River along Route 131 in Cavendish and Weathersfield. It's great to see the volunteers helping put the fish into the river and then all the people fishing there over the next couple of months. Some are…
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF)’s 2019 sportsmen’s policy issues briefs are now available online. Each year, CSF’s policy team compiles a series of issue briefs that cover a wide range of policy issues affecting the sportsmen’s conservation community. The 2019 collection includes 76 individual state issue briefs and 14 federal issue briefs that provide background…