Latest News

June 26, 2014

National Shooting Sports Foundation Develops Video Highlighting CSF’s 25th Anniversary

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) recently developed a video highlighting the 25th anniversary of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF). The video featured NSSF President and CSF Board Member Steve Sanetti who elaborated on the unique partnership CSF and NSSF share and also recognized CSF’s twenty five years on Capitol Hill and our mission of…

June 26, 2014

New Hampshire Nonresident Student Hunting and Angling License Bill Signed into Law

On June 11, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus member Governor Maggie Hassan signed into law HB 1290 (Chapter No. 2014-96). HB 1290 was sponsored by New Hampshire Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus member Representative Benjamin Lefebvre and was co-sponsored by several additional Caucus members, including Co-Chairs, Representative Jeff Goley and Senator Jeff Woodburn. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s Northeastern States Director…

June 26, 2014

North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Weighs in on Red Wolf Issue

This week, the North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), expressing support for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) and their request for an “immediate programmatic evaluation” of the Service’s experimental red wolf program. In addition to supporting WRC’s request, the letter goes on to…

June 26, 2014

Sportsmen’s Community Supports Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Longer, more severe wildfire seasons, increased development of the urban interface, and millions of acres of fuel loads exceeding the historic range of forest variability are among many factors contributing to the need to transfer funds from non-fire programs to pay for wildfire suppression. Because of this, each year, funding for crucial programs that impact…

June 26, 2014

Virginia Lieutenant Governor Joins the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus

The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is pleased to announce that Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam has joined the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC). In a bipartisan effort to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping, the GSC now consists of 29 members, which represent large outdoor constituencies that include many of America’s nearly 40…

June 26, 2014

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Meets in Wyoming

The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (WHHCC), a federal advisory committee tasked with advising the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior on agency issues impacting hunters and the nation’s wildlife resources, recently gathered in Cody, Wyoming on June 17 and  18. As members of the Council, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) President Jeff Crane, CSF Board…