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May 21, 2013 (Washington, DC) – This morning, Chris Horton, Midwest States Director for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. The hearing focused on data collection issues in relation to the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation…

May 15, 2013 (Washington, DC) – The Republican team of marksmen outdueled their Democratic counterparts yesterday at the Congressional Shoot-Out held at the Prince George’s County Trap and Skeet Center in Glenn Dale, Maryland. A record bipartisan turnout of Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) members put partisanship aside to enjoy a friendly competition shooting rounds of…

The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, along with 27 other conservation organizations, signed on to a letter in support of H.R. 596 and S. 279, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act.  Sportsmen and women are supportive of the development of clean, renewable energy resources on public lands, so long as it is done thoughtfully and in…

On May 7-9, CSF staff will participate in the Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries III: Advancing Sustainability Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference will examine three theme areas, each of which focuses on policy, science, and process issues associated with three germane topic areas of high current interest. Findings that emerge from this national conference regarding…

As highlighted in a recent USA Today article, North Carolina is one of a handful of states that are working to repeal outdated Sunday hunting restrictions as state legislative sessions begin to wind down in 2013. North Carolina Senate Bill 224, sponsored by North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Senator Buck Newton, would lift the…

On April 23, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on several National Park bills, including S. 486, the Preserving Public Access to Cape Hatteras Beaches Act. This bill would reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle (ORV) use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore…