State: KY

On February 17, National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Executive Council President State Senator Robin Webb (KY) joined Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus member and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Rand Paul, as well as Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, to announce an ecotourism initiative in eastern Kentucky.  The initiative entitled “Appalachia Proud: Mountains of…

Governors and their staff were joined by members of the hunting and fishing community, including Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) staff members and Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC) partner organizations at a GSC reception in Louisville, Kentucky to highlight issues of concern to hunters and anglers on September 7. At the reception, GSC Co-Chair Governor Mike Beebe…

On Saturday, September 7, various governors will join Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) staff and members of the sportsmen’s community in Louisville, KY for a Governor’s Sportsmen’s Caucus (GSC) reception.  Formed in 2009, the GSC is a bipartisan caucus of governors that work to protect and advance the interests of America’s sportsmen and women, and advance…

2013 Sportsmen’s Economic Impact Report – Kentucky

Annual spending by Kentucky sportsmen and women is greater than the cash receipts from the horse industry, the state’s most valuable agricultural commodity ($1.3 billion vs. $1.1 billion). Every five years in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey on hunters and anglers, CSF produces a report on the economic impact hunters and anglers…