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Governor Proclamations recognizing Saturday, September 24, 2016, as National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD), and its benefits to their respective states: Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, Member, Governors Sportsmen's Caucus: NHFD Proclamation signed Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Member, Governors Sportsmen's Caucus: NHFD Proclamation signed September 1 Arizona Govenor Douglas Ducey: NHFD Proclamation signed September 16 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson,…

This week, representatives from organizations within the American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP), a collaboration of 45 of the nation’s leading conservation organizations including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, will meet at Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks, New York, to discuss priorities for wildlife conservation. Issues on the agenda will include: securing permanent dedicated funding for…

At their August 24-25 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) will consider a proposal to drastically reduce the population of largemouth, smallmouth, and striped bass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries. The groups behind the petition have argued that as there is less water and habitat available to native fish, wildlife…

On August 8-11 Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) staff hosted a booth at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Annual Summit in Chicago, IL. Every year state legislators, legislative staff, policy professionals, and government officials from across the country attend NCSL to participate in educational workshops and policy discussions. CSF staff used the opportunity to…

Next week, CSF Fisheries Program Director Chris Horton and Northwest States Manager Zach Widner will join Yamaha, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association and other members of the recreational fishing community for the 2016 Classic Roundtable, which offers the opportunity for important discussions surrounding the impacts of federal fisheries management on recreational fisheries with Alaska’s Congressional…

Recreational fishing community still sees the need for legislative action to require allocation reviews In response to decades of criticism over not examining how the nation’s public marine fisheries resources are divided among fishing stakeholders, NOAA Fisheries released a Fisheries Allocation Review Policy that describes potential criteria for reviewing fisheries allocations. The recreational fishing and…