California: American System of Conservation Funding Fact Sheet
Why It Matters: California is a beautiful western state with a long tradition of rugged individualism, including the most ancient human pursuit of fish and game. Our hunting traditions go back hundreds of years in California, a state many sportsmen and women often associate with bad ideas these days – many of which have now …
Golden State Follies: Bear Bill Backburnered for the Year Read More »
Why It Matters: Legislation seeking to restrict the Second Amendment is often eventually used as a vector of attack for hunting-related issues, just as restrictions on hunting are often used as a vector of attack against Second Amendment rights. Our issues are fundamentally intertwined given that firearms of every kind are routinely used in hunting, …
It Takes a Team: The Line Has Been Held in California Read More »
Why It Matters: Legislation seeking to restrict the Second Amendment is often eventually used as a vector of attack for hunting-related issues, just as restrictions on hunting are often used as a vector of attack against Second Amendment rights. Our issues are fundamentally intertwined given that firearms of every kind are routinely used in hunting, …
Why It Matters: Legislators, particularly those with a passion for our shared outdoor pursuits, are typically flooded each day with opposition to and attacks against the things they do. Events that bring sportsmen and women together with legislators to celebrate our hunting, fishing, trapping, and shooting traditions in a positive environment are an effective way …
Why It Matters: The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is the name given to Earth’s largest ocean plastic accumulation zone, the eastern half of which swirls around off the coast of California, held permanently in place by the Pacific Ocean currents known as the North Pacific Tropical Gyre. This Eastern Garbage Patch covers an area twice …
Fisheries Conservation Legislation Expected to Advance in California Read More »
Why It Matters: Legislators, particularly those with a passion for our shared outdoor pursuits, are typically flooded each day with opposition to and attacks against the things they do. Events that bring sportsmen and women together with legislators to celebrate our hunting, fishing, trapping, and shooting traditions in a positive environment are an effective way …
California Sportsmen’s Caucus Comes Together for Annual Trap Shoot Read More »
Why It Matters: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a slow and progressive neurological disease occurring in free ranging and farmed cervid species (deer, elk, moose, etc.) that is always fatal, and is spreading across North America. This disease is a massive threat to cervid populations which threatens quality hunting experiences as well as opportunities to …
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in California Deer Read More »
Why It Matters: Legislation seeking to restrict the Second Amendment is often eventually used as a vector of attack for issues more directly pertaining to sportsmen and women, just as restrictions on hunting are often used as a vector of attack against Second Amendment rights. Our issues are fundamentally intertwined given that firearms of every …
Why It Matters: Law-abiding hunters and recreational shooters have long played a vital role in funding conservation through various wildlife management nationwide. Recently, state legislatures have begun proposing state excise taxes in addition to the existing manufacturer-level taxes already being paid under federal law. Under the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a unique “user …
State Firearms and Ammunition Excise Taxes Proposed in WA & NM Read More »
