CSF is pleased to report that Oregon Initiative Petition 3 (IP-3) officially did not qualify for the 2024 ballot. CSF has been and will continue to be a leading voice against this misguided effort to ban all hunting, fishing, trapping, and ranching in Oregon.

The deadline for Colorado anti-hunting groups to submit their signatures to qualify for the ballot was July 5th, and we are now waiting for the Colorado Secretary of State’s ruling on the quantity and validity of the signatures gathered.

Last Friday, Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus Chair, Governor Chris Sununu signed New Hampshire HB 1186 – An Act Relative to Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy into law, protecting the privacy of Granite Staters and individuals shopping in New Hampshire. 

While CSF continues to push for better data collection programs at the state level to get out of this increasingly shrinking federal fisheries management box in the South Atlantic, we are also highly supportive of a new effort by the state of Florida to explore innovative management approaches.

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Often the last line of defense against attempts to undermine our time-honored outdoor traditions, the Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus is a critical component of CSF’s three-pronged approach to our mission.

Incorporating crossbow hunting opportunities into game management may increase hunter recruitment and retention, and crossbows can be valuable tool for controlling game populations, particularly in suburban and urban areas.

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As farms and forestlands are purchased, they are often subdivided and developed which leads to the loss of hunting and fishing access and fragmentation of fish and wildlife habitat. Incentives like state level tax credits for conservation easements, reduced fee title, and/or donated land for conservation purposes are all tools that states can use to conserve fish and wildlife habitat.

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Louisiana Sees Record Number of Turkeys Taken in 2024 (Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries)

MSU Launches Survey to Obtain Public Perception Toward Black Bears (Mississippi State University)

Learn to Hunt Program Opens Registration for Beginner Fur Harvesting Workshops (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)

2024 Spring Turkey Harvest Down but Still a Successful Year (New Hampshire Fish and Game)

Training Course Offered Aug. 1 for New Hunter Education Instructors (Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department)

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