On June 22, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the delisting of the recovered Yellowstone population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species Act. The Department of Interior will now transfer management authority back to the states and tribes of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. “Delisting this grizzly bear population is something that the…
On June 28, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the 2017 Regional Fishery Management Council (RFMC) appointments. Supported by the recreational fishing and boating community, the appointments of Steve Heins of New York to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Chester Brewer of Florida to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; and Phil Dyskow of Florida, Dr….
Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members and several staff joined representatives from the sportsmen’s community on June 28 at a Breakfast Briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss priorities of the nation’s leading hunting conservation organizations for the 2018 Farm Bill reauthorization. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Senior Director of Midwestern States Chris Horton moderated the program. “Many…
With the recent conclusion of the Louisiana legislative session, two resolutions related to marine fisheries management clearly demonstrated the legislature’s support for recreational angling in the Sportsmen’s Paradise state. Introduced by Louisiana Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus member Senator Bret Allain on May 3, LA SCR 67 memorializes Congress to pass legislation or adopt policies allowing Louisiana…
On June 8, the U.S. Senate passed the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity (WILD) Act (S. 826) by Unanimous Consent. Included within S. 826 is the reauthorization of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, which supports private landowners who commit to wildlife conservation. On June 20, twenty-five wildlife conservation organizations sent a letter to the…
Quail whistled between shotgun blasts as shooters gathered at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) new Palmetto Shooting Complex for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) inaugural Southern Sporting Clays Classic. Gathered to advance sportsmen’s policies and conservation efforts, South Carolina and Georgia state legislative sportsmen’s caucus members joined over 100 members of the sportsmen’s community…