TSV - March 17 2025

Right to Hunt and Fish Gets Committee Hearing in Maine

If passed and sent to the citizens of Maine, Maine stands to become the 25^th state in the country to constitutionally enshrine the individual right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife for the sporting-conservation community, the primary funders of conservation in the Pine Tree State.

NASC Executive Council President Introduces Several CSF Priorities in Arkansas

This session, AR Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair and NASC EC President Representative Jeff Wardlaw has introduced three CSF priorities including Arkansas House Bill 1631 (resident license rates for foreign exchange students), House Bill 1632 (reimbursements for discounted licenses), House Resolution 1045 (celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Dingell-Johnson Act), and more.

CSF-Priority Forestland Conservation Legislation Introduced in Senate

Private working forests provide a wide range of benefits to the public including providing habitat for fish and wildlife, open space, and access for sportsmen and women, and more, and the Forest Conservation Easement Program would offer landowners additional options to conserve their forestland.

A Mess Out West: Anti-Gun Shenanigans Return

It is important to be aware of firearm issues as they arise to have a full understanding of what may likely happen in the future and how it impacts our sporting community, even if Second Amendment issues are not your primary interest.

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Moves to Modernize Muzzleloader Definition

Advancements in muzzleloading technology, such as the Firestick, have enhanced the safety and reliability of traditional muzzleloading firearms while maintaining the traditional characteristic of loading the projectile down the barrel.

Better Mapping of Marine Waters for Anglers and Boaters Clears Senate Committee

Last week, the Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act, also known as the MAPOceans Act, cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on a unanimous voice vote.

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Considers Black Bear Season Expansion (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries)

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Offering Classes on Fishing and Hunting (WKBO)

Georgia DNR Preps for Turkey Season (WSBTV)

Bighorn Sheep Restoration in Nebraska Continues (Wild Sheep Foundation)

Learn to Hunt Program Opens Registration for Wild Turkey Workshop (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)

Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 Introduced (The Conservation Fund)

Fred Bird sits down with some of the leaders of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC), Co-Chairs Senator John Boozman of Arkansas and Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee Representative Bruce Westerman, also of Arkansas, as well as CSC Vice-Chairs Representative Troy Carter of Louisiana and Representative August Pfluger of Texas as they speak to some of the priorities that are important for sportsmen and women and how CSC members put aside their differences, working across the aisle, in promoting bipartisan efforts for wildlife management and conservation.

LISTEN NOW

DONATE NOW

BECOME A SPORTING SOCIETY MEMBER

BECOME A MISSION PARTNER

Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser