On January 25, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Members Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE) sent a letter to their colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to become cosponsors of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647).
Introduced on December 14, 2017, this important piece of legislation would provide adequate funding for the conservation of 12,000 at-risk species across the United States. Specifically, it would dedicate $1.3 billion annually from existing royalties and fees collected from onshore energy and mineral development on federal lands and waters towards state-based fish and wildlife conservation efforts.
In the letter, Reps. Dingell and Fortenberry stated, “With the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, we have an opportunity to ensure the funding of our conservation actions can match the magnitude of the challenge – and improve fauna and flora management for decades. We know that protecting wildlife is a bipartisan issue that unites all Americans and their communities.”
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) is a member of the Alliance for America’s Fish & Wildlife, a group of conservation organizations whose purpose is to promote and advance this legislation specifically.
Studies conducted at both the state and federal level have found that the number of hunters and trappers have been on a generally declining trend over the past several decades. To increase recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) of hunters and trappers, which initiative do you think would have the greatest impact?
