On February 28, the bipartisan New Jersey Angling, Hunting and Conservation Caucus and the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance hosted their first policy forum of the 2017 legislative session. Over a dozen Caucus Members gathered to discuss legislative priorities for the sportsmen’s community, including two Caucus Co-Chairs, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Senator Steve Oroho. The…
Recently, several anti-sportsmen and anti-scientific management legislative proposals have advanced in the New Jersey Legislature. The bills and resolutions focus on two main areas that have been at the center of public controversy in the Garden State for decades; bear hunting and trapping. Assembly Bill 3527 (companion bill to Senate Bill 2141) would statutorily remove…
On August 29, U.S. federal court Judge Freda Wolfson ruled in favor of sportsmen and women by prohibiting the state of New Jersey from enforcing Senate Bills 977 and 978. These anti-sportsmen bills would have banned New Jersey hunters from importing, exporting, and possessing the African “Big Four” (elephant, leopard, lion, and rhinoceros) hunting trophies…
On May 2, Governor Chris Christie issued a conditional veto on New Jersey Senate Bill 977 and Senate Bill 978. The bills initially would have prohibited the import, export, sale, possession, and transport of “Big 5” African species and their parts (including taxidermy). Christie’s conditional veto will allow for the transport, import and export of “Big…
On Thursday, June 6, the New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus, partnered with the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance – the Advisory Council that provides guidance and support for the Caucus – held a policy briefing to educate legislators, their staff, and members of the sportsmen’s conservation community on the issue of funding for the…
2013 Sportsmen’s Economic Impact Report – New Jersey
Assembly Bill 1538, sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli (Co-Chair, New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus) and Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose, passed out of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee by a unanimous vote (5-0) on Monday, December 10. AB 1538 would authorize deer hunting with firearms on Sundays on private property only. Archery…
On September 18, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law bipartisan legislation (AB 638/SB 178: Hooked on Fishing not on Drugs) after it passed both chambers of the New Jersey Legislature unanimously earlier in the year. AB 638/SB 178 appropriates $200,000 to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to fund the program, which…
New Jersey sportsmen and women outnumber the residents of Newark and Jersey City (562,000 vs. 520,000). 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 have on the economy. This information is vital in helping policy makers,…