Why It Matters: The recreational boating and fishing community understands the importance of protecting North Atlantic right whales and fully supports efforts to do so. However, a proposed rule regarding vessel speed reductions along much of the Atlantic seaboard will have significant implications for offshore anglers and boaters at certain times of the year. Fortunately, …
CSF Supports Funding for Whale Monitoring as a Solution Read More »
Why It Matters: Beginning during the 2021-22 hunting season, a pilot program was implemented in New York, allowing counties to authorize mentored deer hunting for 12 and 13-year-olds. The overwhelming acceptance of this program brings New York’s hunting age in line with most other states in the country. The success of that first year was …
Second Year of Empire-Sized Success for New York’s Mentored Hunting Pilot Program Read More »
Why It Matters: Chronic Wasting Disease is a progressive, degenerative, and always fatal neurological disease occurring in both farmed and free-ranging deer, elk, and moose (cervids) populations. Roughly 80% of hunters in the United States participate in some form of deer, elk, or moose hunting, and as such, it is critical that we stop the spread …
Monday, January 23, 2023 – Last week, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted its annual reception during SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. With the highest recorded attendance ever, special guests included members of the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus, National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses and leaders of the sportsmen’s community. The focus for the evening was the critical …
Why It Matters: Federal marine fisheries management is often a balancing act for those species that are both recreationally and commercially important. Where specific allocations between the two sectors exist, they were generally set long ago based on the catch histories of each. An improved survey or recreational harvest information by the National Marine Fisheries …
Court Does the Math on Recreational Fisheries Allocations Read More »
Why It Matters: The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act has provided approximately $31 million in federal funding to conduct roughly 185 research, restoration, and regional conservation projects, making this program vital for fish and wildlife conservation within the Great Lakes region. Highlights: The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act program provides …
CSF Supported Great Lakes Conservation Bill Headed to President’s Desk Read More »
Why It Matters: With roughly three legislative weeks left in the Congressional calendar, it is now or never to pass legislation before the door closes on the 117th Congress. If CSF’s priorities are left unaddressed by the time this Congress finishes, each piece of legislation will have to start over at the beginning of the …
The Top Issues Congress Should Pass Before the End of the 117th Congress Read More »
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 …
Atlantic Striped Bass Management Seems Headed in Right Direction Read More »
My husband and I moved to Idaho almost 4 years ago. Both of us grew up bird hunting and both of us didn’t achieve our first big game harvest until well into adulthood. Last season, I was fortunate enough to learn from one of the best outdoorsmen I know and harvest my first cow elk. …
It Takes More than Skill to be a Successful Elk Hunter Read More »
Contact: Kent Keene, Assistant Manager, Lower Midwestern States and Agriculture Policy Why It Matters: The recovery of wildlife in areas where they had been locally extirpated is worth celebrating. The return of a healthy population of black bears in the Show-Me State is an excellent example of this that all should appreciate. With that appreciation …
Being the Bear-er of Good News: Second Annual Black Bear Season Opens in Missouri Read More »
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