Why It Matters: As the election year frenzy has settled down over the holiday season, legislative bodies are swearing in new members and choosing chairs and leaders of committees. Although voting numbers seem to be increasing, a historical trend of hunters not voting exists. Some sources prior to the 2024 election were reporting that there…
January 2, 2025 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the nation’s leading authority in outdoor advocacy, announced that its Board of Directors (Board) has elected CEO of Rather Outdoors, LLC Ken Eubanks as Chairman; Executive Director of Wildlife Mississippi James Cummins as Vice-Chairman; CEO of Ducks Unlimited Adam Putnam as Secretary; and Founder…
Updated January 6, 2025 (Washington, DC) – Recently, the President added the final signature to H.R. 6492, the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act. This legislation is the most comprehensive public lands package to pass Congress since 2019 and includes a number of longstanding priorities for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF). This legislation…
Updated January 6, 2025 (Washington, DC) – The America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act (S. 3791), a bipartisan bill to bolster fish, wildlife, and habitat conservation, and to protect access for anglers across the nation, was recently signed into law by President Biden. Notably, this was one of four Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) priorities that cleared the House…
Why It Matters: After more than two decades of work, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, a bipartisan effort to reduce burdensome roadblocks to restoring mine sites that can pollute streams, is headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The passage of the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock…
Why It Matters: With an estimated 7.5 million anglers who pursue Atlantic striped bass, it is the most economically and culturally important recreational fish species from North Carolina to Maine. It is vitally important to communities along the mid and upper Atlantic Seaboard that striped bass are sustainably managed for abundance and access by the…