Why It Matters: Limitations on the use of lead ammunition while hunting must be left under the professional, science-based discretion of the respective state’s fish and wildlife agency and not the misinformed efforts of the...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant DirectorOn June 10, the Joint Natural Resources Committee (Committee) voted (15-0) to disapprove of a regulation proposed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) that would have...
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States & States Program AdministratorOn June 8, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted comments on a proposed Recreational Fishing Plan (Plan) for the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge...
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States & States Program AdministratorTwo anti-hunting bills have been scheduled for floor action in the New York Senate and Assembly on Tuesday, March 10. New York sportsmen and women...
By Soren Nelson, Pacific Southwest States CoordinatorOn April 2, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) joined a coalition of recreational fishing organizations in submitting comments opposing California AB 2787, a bill that would outlaw the manufacturing,...
By Soren Nelson, Pacific Southwest States CoordinatorOn February 16, California Assembly Member Bill Quirk introduced Assembly Bill 2787, a bill that would outlaw the manufacturing, sale and purchase of lead fishing weights weighing less than...
Passed by the Illinois Senate Committee on Environment and Conservation on March 16, IL S 1985 would ban the use of lead ammunition to take wildlife in state parks or natural areas.To date, there is no...
Why It Matters: Bills piling up on legislative calendars across the country means that hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, and trappers could see changes to their favorite pastimes. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation is committed to protecting...
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Senior CoordinatorThe 2020 legislative sessions throughout the northeast region have been, and continue to be, anything but slow. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been hard at work in...
Contacts: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator & Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States CoordinatorFrom July 11 - 16, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) western states representatives attended the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA)...
As of December 13, both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a F.Y. 2015 $1.1 trillion appropriations bill for the U.S. government, which extends until September 30, 2015.In a win for the sportsmen’s...