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On May 22, more than 30 of the nation’s leading hunting, fishing, and other conservation groups sent a letter to U.S. Secretaries of Defense and Commerce urging expedited federal review of a critical infrastructure project in coastal Louisiana. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, located in southern Louisiana, was initially approved by the Louisiana state legislature…

On May 16, the bipartisan Maine Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its annual Sportsmen’s Caucus Reception in Augusta. More than two dozen Maine legislators attended the event and were joined by partners from the sportsmen’s community and members of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council to discuss the importance of hunting and angling to Maine’s…

On May 23, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted their third annual Field Day and Wild Game Dinner at the Capitol Area Sportsmen’s League in Lansing. The event brought together representatives from over a dozen hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping organizations with Caucus members and staff from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Attendees…

On May 17, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2566, which expands the ability of first-time hunters to participate in the state’s mentored hunting program. The bill received unanimous passage in both the House and Senate, and addresses the need for creative approaches to reverse the decline in hunting participation. HB 2566…

President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal calls for the removal of appropriations language that restricts the BLM from using all management options authorized under the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971, as amended. The President’s request implements a September 2016 recommendation of the National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board, an…

The following state legislatures passed resolutions in honor of the 80th Anniversary of the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF):