Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On August 14, Governor Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the addition of two new state forests in the Hoosier State. The 1,500-acre Ravinia State Forest was previously part of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest, and the 1,153-acre Mountain Tea State Forest was formerly a…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On July 29 and 30, the Indiana Natural Resource Commission held public hearings regarding their Biennial Wildlife Amendments, which are proposed changes to the state’s wildlife regulations. Included in the amendments was the listing of the ruffed grouse as a state Endangered Species in Indiana. CSF submitted a letter…
Contacts: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager; Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator Since many Midwestern states have either wrapped up their 2020 legislative sessions or remain suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s States Program Team will be providing brief regional legislative updates over the next few weeks. Below…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On May 19, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager, Nick Buggia, submitted a letter supporting two citizens’ petitions requesting regulatory changes before the Indiana Natural Recourse Commission (NRC). The first would allow the use of .28 gauge and .410 bore shotguns loaded with Tungsten Super Shot…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager Back in January, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation reported about Indiana Senate Bill 325. This bill would have ensured that the public had access to the Lake Michigan shoreline, one of the Hoosier State’s most precious resources. Unfortunately, Senate Bill 325 never made it out of the Senate. Late in…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On January 13, Senator Susan Glick introduced Senate Bill 325. This bill would ensure that the public has access to the Lake Michigan shore line, one of the Hoosier state’s most precious resources. This bill is consistent with the Indiana Supreme Court’s 2018 finding in Gunderson v. State, which held that…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On October 2, Nick Buggia, the Upper Midwestern States Manager for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), testified in front of the Indiana Interim study Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (a joint House and Senate Committee) in Indianapolis. Buggia advocated for the continued and expanded use of sound…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On September 17, the Indiana Natural Resource Commission (INRC) approved a citizen’s petition submitted by the Ruffed Grouse Society to add ruffed grouse to their state endangered species list. After careful consideration, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted a letter of support for the listing, which called for…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On September 16, the Indiana Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted their first Sportsmen’s Rendezvous at Atterbury Shooting Complex in Edinburgh. Attended by approximately 50 people, this event provided an opportunity for legislators, conservation organizations, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff, and members of the Natural Resource Commission to discuss…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On August 17, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia traveled to Edinburgh, IN where he was invited to speak to the Indiana Sportsmen’s Roundtable (Roundtable), a coalition of in-state hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation organizations that work to promote pro-sportsmen policies in the state. …
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On July 16, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia testified in front of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission and advocated for keeping two state forests under the state forest management system. The Commission held the meeting in response to a citizen’s petition that would…
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On April 23, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia joined the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on a tour of Morgan Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests in Indiana. The two forests are connected and managed as one unit totaling 50,000 acres, and is…