Why It Matters: Hunters and anglers generate the vast majority of state level funding for conservation through the “user pays – public benefits” structure that is the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF). State fish and wildlife agencies rely on funds generated by sportsmen and women through sporting license sales and excise tax revenue from the Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration programs to …
Dedicated Conservation Funding Legislation Front and Center in Tennessee Read More »
Why It Matters: Today’s youth are the next generation tasked with carrying our time-honored traditions forward. Introducing them to the outdoors helps build the foundation needed to sustain those traditions into the future. Hunter safety education in schools programs play a key role in this effort by instilling a strong conservation ethic, teaching essential hunting safety skills, and encouraging youth to support the “user pays – public benefits” structure …
CSF Priority Hunter Education in Schools Legislation Introduced in Tennessee Read More »
Introduction Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) are four-digit identifiers used by payment networks to broadly categorize a merchant’s line of business (e.g., grocery, hardware, sporting goods). Recently, the creation and contemplated use of a firearm-specific MCC has raised concerns that financial institutions could flag, track, and/or halt lawful purchases by hunters and recreational shooters. To protect …
Why It Matters: Sportsmen and women in Tennessee and around the country continue to step up to the plate to fund professional, science-based fish and wildlife management. Dubbed the original conservationists, hunters and anglers provide the vast majority of conservation funding in North America through the “user pays – public benefits” structure that is the …
CSF Advocating for Dedicated Conservation Funding in Tennessee Read More »
Why It Matters: The National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) Annual Sportsman-Legislator Summit, hosted by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), is the only conference for state legislators dedicated to protecting and advancing pro hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and trapping policy. The NASC Summit provides an unmatched opportunity to connect with legislators, state fish and wildlife agency staff, sporting-conservation …
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Why It Matters: Under the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) umbrella, the Tennessee Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) is a bipartisan group of state legislators that serves to protect hunting, angling, shooting sports, and trapping in the Volunteer State. Even during the interim, the Caucus hosts events which provide legislators the opportunity to interact with …
Why It Matters: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is regarded as the most successful conservation framework in the world. However, the Model is only successful with the necessary funding behind it. For nearly 90 years, this funding has been largely (and in some states, exclusively) driven by sportsmen and women through the “user …
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Why It Matters: Poaching – the illegal take of game – ranks among the greatest threats to the societal acceptance of hunting. Hunters are widely known as the original conservationists and are to thank for many of the legendary conservation success stories experienced in North America over the last century. Efforts to strengthen punishments for …
CSF-Supported Bill to Increase Poaching Penalties Enacted in Tennessee Read More »
Summary Often cited for its potential safety risks, fanning or reaping of turkeys statistically has not proven to be an unsafe act as some anecdotally claim. Simply, the data does not exist to back up the claim that the act or practice of fanning or reaping wild turkeys has a track record of casualties. Additionally, …
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Why It Matters: Poaching – the illegal take of game – stands in the way of professional science-based wildlife management and remains among the greatest threats to the social acceptance of hunting. Proactive measures to increase penalties for those found guilty of poaching would disincentivize bad actors from interfering with science-based wildlife management and would …
Legislation to Increase Poaching Penalties and Fines Introduced in Tennessee Read More »
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