By Chris Horton, Fisheries Program Director, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Mark Twain once said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Some in the environmental community have taken that saying to heart in their efforts to discredit the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act (S. 1520 and H.R. 2023). Their story –…
On February 24, leaders and members of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC) gathered for a reception running concurrently with the annual National Governors Association meeting to discuss annual priorities with representatives from the sportsmen’s conservation community. The event was hosted by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), and focused on accomplishments and challenges from the last…
Last week, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) staff and National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Executive Council members Senator Mike Bell (TN) and Representative Jerry Costello (IL) attended the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) 42nd Annual Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tennessee. CSF and NWTF have a long-standing partnership and regularly work together on pro-sportsmen’s policy…
On February 14, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members Representatives Roger Marshall (KS), Glenn Thompson (PA), Cheri Bustos (IL), and Debbie Dingell (MI) introduced the Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R. 5022). This legislation would reauthorize and increase funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). VPA-HIP is a grant program…
The Georgia Youth Outdoors Passport Act (Senate Bill 332), sponsored by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Sen. Tyler Harper and cosponsored by National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Executive Council President and Natural Resources Committee Vice-Chair Senator Bill Heath, aims to assist in the recruitment of new hunters and anglers by establishing an outdoor mentor program and…
On February 22, members of the Nebraska Legislative Sportsmen’s Forum gathered with the state’s sportsmen’s community for the group’s annual breakfast in the Capitol. Forum Chairman Senator Curt Friesen spoke to the crowd about the importance of their efforts to advance the rights of all Nebraskans to hunt, fish, recreationally shoot, and trap. “I can’t…