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…
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is pleased to announce the formation of the Wyoming Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus. As the 43rd state to join the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC), this effort will provide an opportunity to further highlight issues and policies of interest to Wyoming hunters, anglers and recreational shooters and trappers. Wyoming’s 390,000…
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) 25th Annual Banquet & Auction will be held Wednesday, September 10, 2014. The yearly Banquet & Auction provides an opportunity for the sportsmen’s community, supporters and friends of CSF to recognize the tremendous work of the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) and their efforts to protect and advance hunting, angling,…
On June 16, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined other sportsmen’s organizations in sending a letter to Representative Hal Rogers, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Representative Nita Lowey, the Committee’s Ranking Member, expressing concern over a provision included in Section 203 of the Energy and Water Subcommittee Appropriations Bill, which passed out of…
Members of the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, representatives from the state’s hunting and angling conservation community, and staff of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) gathered last Thursday in Lansing for a Michigan Sportsmen’s Caucus breakfast briefing. The DNR Fisheries Division staff presented an update on trout fisheries management, and staff from the Enforcement…
The public comment period for the forthcoming National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries saltwater recreational fisheries policy began in early June. Recreational anglers and other stakeholders are encouraged to engage in the process to ensure the “set of principles to guide agency actions and decisions over the long-term” regarding recreational saltwater fisheries is truly…