Protecting & Promoting Heritage

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Defending America’s Sporting Traditions

Hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting are cornerstones of America’s cultural heritage and conservation model. CSF works to protect the rights of sportsmen and women by advancing policies that safeguard these traditions at both the federal and state levels.

When legislative or regulatory threats arise, we act decisively to ensure that America’s outdoor freedoms remain protected and that future generations can carry these traditions forward.

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Constitutional Protections

We work to secure and strengthen the individual right to hunt and fish through state constitutional amendments and sound policy.

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Cultural Legacy

Today’s policies must ensure our outdoor traditions continue to connect generations, strengthen communities, and maintain or enhance support from the non-hunting and fishing public.

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Policy Vigilance

We monitor thousands of policy proposals and engage on hundreds of anti-sportsmen bills annually to stop harmful legislation.

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Leadership in Advocacy

Policymakers rely on CSF for trusted guidance and policy expertise.

Protecting Heritage Impact

Sportsmen and women in NH will not be subjected to additional wait times for firearm transfers.

Firearm safety devices are now exempt from the state sales tax in OK.

The legal, regulated sale of fur products remain protected in WA.

Anglers in NH May continue to use live bait from out of state for their angling pursuits.

The tradition of utilizing dogs to hunt deer was defended in MS.

Sportsmen and women in GA may continue to hunt with airguns.

The sanctity of the Public Trust Doctrine and American System of Conservation Funding were protected in ME.

Fines and penalties for poaching violations will now go back to conservation funding in MS, upholding the Public Trust Doctrine.

Sportsmen and women may continue to use firearms and knives on public lands in WA.

Firearm owners in AZ will not be prohibited from conducting private firearms sales.

Hunters & recreational shooters in AR will not be subject to having their purchases tracked or halted by financial institutions.

The private information of landowners in CO who make wildlife damage claims was protected.

Sportsmen & women under 21 years of age in NV and VA can legally purchase & possess common semi-auto firearms.

A voluntary “Do Not Sell” list to govern firearm sales will not be created in CA.

Penalties for poaching were increased in CT and TN.

Additional resources to combat poaching were secured in HI.

Recreational anglers in NC will be given equal access to the state’s southern flounder as the commercial fishery.

 

Utilization of bait for furbearers will continue as an effective means of management in VT.

Sportsmen and women in MD, VA, VT, and WA were protected against “sin taxes” on firearms and ammunition.

The ability to buy, possess, and use modern sporting firearms and/or standard capacity magazines was successfully defended in AZ, NM, UT, and VT.

First time firearm owners in CA will not be required to complete live-fire training to receive their state Firearm Safety Card.

Firearm retailers in AZ, CA, NM, and WV were protected against unfair and discriminatory requirements.