By Soren Nelson, Pacific Southwest States Coordinator On August 2, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined a broad coalition of sportsmen’s conservation organizations in opposing California Senate Bill 1487, which would ban the importation of certain legally harvested African species. Introduced earlier this year by Senator Henry Stern, S. 1487 (also known as the Iconic…
On August 7, nearly 200 attendees, including Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) staff and representatives from the sportsmen’s conservation community gathered at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) annual August Recess Clays Competition outside Washington, DC. The event included an individual competition in trap, skeet, and sporting clays, as well as an opportunity for beginner shooters to…
By Joel Hodgdon, Central Midwestern States Coordinator On August 2, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and several other partners in the recreational boating and angling community signed on to a letter urging the US Corps of Engineer’s (USACE) expedited consideration of the Tentatively Selected Plan at Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois. The…
By Zach Widner, Northwest States Senior Manager On July 26, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted to ban the importation of elk, deer, and moose from chronic wasting disease (CWD) endemic states. The rule, which is takes effect immediately, also applies to the importation of such animals from other countries and Canadian provinces in…
By Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On August 5, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted a Northeast regional policy forum concurrent with the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference in Rye Brook, New York. The discussion centered on policies that may help recruit, retain, and reactivate (R3) hunters and recreational shooters in the…
On August 2, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced the withdrawal of the regulation prohibiting the use of genetically modified (GMO) seeds on National Wildlife Refuges. The National Wildlife Refuge System often enters into cooperative agriculture agreements with farmers and rangers in order to help achieve wildlife management objectives on National Wildlife…