By Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager The Michigan Wildlife Council launched a campaign in 2016 to educate the public about the important role of hunters and anglers, and has since achieved impressive milestones, including engaging Michigananders about wildlife management practices and conservation funding. The Council was established by Michigan Public Act No. 246 of 2013,…
By Nick Buggia, Midwestern States Manager On March 5, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus and the Caucus’s Advisory Council hosted a welcome briefing and reception for new state legislators. The Michigan Advisory Council consists of 16 member organizations and two ex-officio members that assists the Caucus by providing advice on policy issues and helping host Caucus events…
By Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On February 14, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its first breakfast event of the year. These breakfasts bring together legislators, conservation organizations, and staff from the Department of Natural Recourses (DNR) and Natural Resource Commission to discuss conservation issues in the state. Returning Michigan Caucus Co-Chair Representative…
By Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager On December 12, a bill that would reduce the minimum age for hunting big game on public land passed the Michigan legislature and now heads to Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus Member Governor Rick Snyder’s desk. House Bill 5711 was introduced by Michigan Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Representative Triston Cole. House…
On December 10, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus Member Governor Rick Snyder appointed Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia to serve on the Michigan Wildlife Council (MWC). The council was created in 2013 to implement and oversee a public education campaign about the importance of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and…
By Joel Hodgdon, Central Midwestern States Coordinator States across the Midwest including Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin have recently taken steps to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This disease has been detected in cervids in 25 states nationwide. The Midwestern states with CWD detected include: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,…
By Zachary Sheldon, Upper Midwestern States Coordinator On May 22, the bipartisan and bicameral Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted their 4th Annual Afternoon Outdoors and Wild Game Dinner at the Capitol Area Sportsmen’s League in Lansing, Michigan. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Upper Midwestern States Coordinator Zachary Sheldon joined the four Co-Chairs of the Caucus, Senator…
As sportsmen and women in Michigan celebrate the New Year, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus is proud to recognize their continued partnership with the Hal and Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation (Foundation). “The Glassen Foundation is proud to continue to support the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus,” said The Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation President, Tom…
By Zachary Sheldon, Upper Midwestern States Coordinator, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation This October, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation hosted the 14th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Sportsman-Legislator Summit in Traverse City, Michigan. After a week of hosting a conference, and all the work that entails, there was no way we were leaving Michigan without taking advantage…
State legislators from around the country will gather next week for the 14th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Sportsman-Legislator Summit in Acme, Michigan. This annual conference brings together NASC members with outdoor industry leaders, state and federal natural resource agency representatives, and other sportsmen’s and conservation organizations from across the country. Themed, “”Celebrating…
On May 23, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted their third annual Field Day and Wild Game Dinner at the Capitol Area Sportsmen’s League in Lansing. The event brought together representatives from over a dozen hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping organizations with Caucus members and staff from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Attendees…
On February 9, the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its first breakfast briefing of the year in Lansing, Michigan. Caucus members, Department of Natural Resources staff, and members of the local sportsmen’s community gathered for a forum to discuss priority issues for hunters and anglers in the state. Michigan Caucus Co-Chair Representative Triston Cole addressed…