Why It Matters: With firearm suppressors continuing to gain popularity among recreational shooting sports participants and hunters alike, there is a new push underway to rewrite state laws that would reconcile any potential issue with state statute that may arise if suppressors are no longer regulated through the National Firearms Act, through already initiated Congressional action or […]
Why It Matters: Across the nation, state fish and wildlife agencies, or, more specifically, fish and wildlife boards/commissions/councils, are seeing a push for non-consumptive representation. This poses a threat to conservation, as sportsmen and women are the primary funders of state-level conservation efforts. Such legislation (Assembly Bill 2005 [A2005]/Senate Bill 471 [S471]) seeks to strip three of the six seats for sportsmen on the council and insert three seats for individuals from animal welfare organizations in […]
Why It Matters: The 2026 general legislative session has kicked off in the “Sportsman’s Paradise”, and legislators have wasted no time in introducing dozens of bills impacting wildlife and fisheries. Among those are reining in the commercial menhaden industry, expanding recreational hunting opportunities, protecting sensitive data from public records requests, and much more. Highlights: Louisiana is known as the “Sportsman’s Paradise” for […]
March 18, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) – This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed four legislative priorities for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF): the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act of 2026, the Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025, and the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act. Thanks to the active work of Members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s […]
Why It Matters: State fish and wildlife agencies, like Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), are the fundamental entities that secure our sporting heritage. CPW biologists and game wardens professionally manage our wildlife for the benefit of all members of the public, even though the vast majority of CPW funding comes from sportspeople. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is the rule-making arm for CPW, […]
Why It Matters: Though hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife (including by trapping) have long been an American tradition, dating back to before the first Europeans arrived in North America, only in recent decades has the “right” to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife come into question. To establish in perpetuity what has been assumed for centuries, twenty-four states have […]