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November 17, 2016

WGA Hosts Webinar on Wild Horse & Burro Impacts

Last week, the Western Governors Association (WGA) hosted a webinar highlighting the challenges associated with managing wild horse and burro populations. As part of Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC) Member Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s WGA National Forest and Rangeland Management Initiative, the webinar, The Future of Wild Horse and Burro Management: Challenges and Opportunities, provided panelists…

November 16, 2016

Blog Post: CSF Policy Fellow Johan Eide

My name is Johan Eide and I recently had the opportunity to contribute to the conservation of our great nation’s resources and spend the summer as a Brad Rowse Policy Fellow. I had no idea what the summer would entail before departing from California, all I knew for sure was that I loved to hunt…

November 10, 2016

Saving My Hearing, One Shot at a Time

By Brent Miller, Northeastern States Director, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation For the past five years I’ve had the privilege to work alongside our friends at the American Suppressor Association to eliminate restrictions on firearm suppressor ownership and use afield. Although I’ve put countless thousands of rounds downrange through suppressed firearms in that time, I had never…

November 3, 2016

Colorado: Public Encouraged to Provide Input on Colorado’s Browns Canyon National Monument

On November 15, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife will host the last of three listening sessions giving the public the opportunity to provide preliminary comments on the land-use planning process for Brown’s Canyon National Monument located in central Colorado. Established through presidential proclamation in February…

November 3, 2016

Idaho: Public Comment Opened on Rule to Revoke Menan Butte Shooting Closure

Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its intent to clarify that a recreational shooting ban on 1,200 acres at North Menan Butte in eastern Idaho had not been intended to close hunting with a firearm in the designated area. In August 2010, BLM published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Supplementary…

November 3, 2016

Pennsylvania: Semi-automatic Firearms Hunting Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

On October 27, the Pennsylvania House overwhelmingly voted in favor (160-25) of Pennsylvania House Bill 263, which will provide hunters the opportunity to use semiautomatic handguns and rifles to harvest game. PA HB 263 was introduced in February 2015 by Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus member Representative Matt Gabler, and co-sponsored by six other Caucus members….