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From October 29-31, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Southeastern States Director Bee Frederick and Central Appalachian States Coordinator John Culclasure attended the 71st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in Louisville, KY hosted by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Together with staff from15 state fish and wildlife agencies,…

Atlantic menhaden, also known as “pogies” or “bunkers,” are a small, boney, oily fish that play a critical role as forage for important recreational species including striped bass, summer flounder, bluefish and others. In a letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) urged the ASMFC to take the…

On November 1, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2936, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, with bipartisan support. Introduced on June 20 by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Member Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR), this legislation will help improve the health of federal forests and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires that are facing our…

On October 26, Representative Terry Baxter (IA) and Representative Jerry Costello Jr. (IL) were elected to the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Executive Council as Alternate Members. They join Representative Jeff Wardlaw (AR), who was recently elevated from an Alternate Member to a full member of the Executive Council, and Senator Mike Green (MI) in…

During last week’s 14th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Annual Sportsman-Legislator Summit, the Oregon Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus was honored with the NASC Heritage Award for the Western Region. Presented by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the award was bestowed on the Oregon Sportsmen’s Caucus for their efforts on behalf of Oregon’s sportsmen and…

This week, a bipartisan gathering of state legislators from across the country attended the 14th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Sportsman-Legislator Summit in Acme, Michigan. Hosted by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), this year’s Summit was themed, “Celebrating the American System of Conservation Funding: 80 Years of Success,” and covered a wide variety…