On July 7, the Executive Council (EC) of the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) held their Mid-Year Meeting in New Castle, New Hampshire. The meeting focused on NASC programmatic changes and progress for 2016, sportsmen-related state and federal issues, the upcoming NASC Annual Sportsman-Legislator Summit, and how NASC can continue to grow in its…
On July 6, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 5650) calling for $1.3 billion in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on federal lands and waters be dedicated to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program to conserve a full array of…
On June 23, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) traveled to Sonoma, California for the 3rd Annual Wine, Wings & Wildlife Western regional event. The event included a sporting clays competition at Wing & Barrel Ranch followed by an evening wine tasting and dinner centered around discussion on current sportsmen’s priorities in the Golden State. “With…
On June 23, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter to the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) expressing concern with recent changes to the 2016 Final Draft Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). In accordance with California’s 1999 Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), the Commission established MPAs off the California coast, which…
Hunting Advisory Committee Weighs in on Ungulate Management and BLM Planning On June 22, the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council), a federal advisory committee that advises the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture on recreational hunting and wildlife resource issues, convened at National Wild Turkey Federation headquarters in Edgefield, South Carolina to discuss issues…
The National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) and the Kentucky Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus will host a policy reception during the 70th Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference in Lexington, Kentucky on Monday, July 11. Legislators from the 15 member states of The Council of State Governments’ Southern Legislative Conference and partners are invited to…