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On June 29, in the heart of California’s wine country, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) gathered members of the sportsmen’s conservation community and other supporters for the 2nd Annual “California Wine, Wings & Wildlife,” western regional event. This event offered an opportunity for Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members from the western United States and supporters…

The below editorial, written by CSF Midwestern States Director Chris Horton, was featured in The Fishing Wire. I recently read an editorial that suggested recreational anglers should look to the North American Wildlife Conservation Model (North American Model) for answers to the red snapper management debacle in the Gulf of Mexico. While I’m grateful to…

New Online Advocacy System Provides Opportunities for Recreational Anglers Nationwide to Contact Their Legislators The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has endorsed the Bass Anglers for Saltwater Conservation (BASC), a new, intuitive online advocacy system that allows fishing enthusiasts to write, call, or send a message via twitter to their legislators through a website.  B.A.S.S. officially…

Rep. Gene Chandler, Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral New Hampshire Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, was recently awarded the Ellis R. Hatch, Jr. Commission Award of Excellence by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission. The award is presented annually to “an individual, group, organization, club, foundation or agency that has excelled in efforts to promote, enhance…

On June 23, the bipartisan, bicameral Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its Annual Cigar Reception at the Susquehanna Ale House in Harrisburg, PA. Over 160 guests, including  over 70 members of the Caucus, Executive Directors of both the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and the Secretary of the Department of…

On June 17, a host of pro-sportsmen’s organizations, including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Natural Resources providing comments on the “Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act” (S. 1081 and H.R. 2016). The 34 organizations voiced their opposition to the…