The Kansas legislative session adjourned in early April and reconvened for the start of their veto session on April 29. While many of the bills that the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation was tracking failed due to legislative deadlines, an attempt to alter the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission’s appointment process resurfaced. |
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Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act as well as the Trust the Science Act on a bipartisan vote. The Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act will help maintain access for sportsmen and women by ensuring that federal agencies do not arbitrarily or haphazardly ban traditional ammunition and fishing tackle. The Trust the Science Act recognizes that gray wolves have been recovered across the country and rightfully restores their primary management to state fish and wildlife agencies. READ MORE |
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Last week, Chairman G.T. Thompson of the House Agriculture Committee released his framework for the next iteration of the Farm Bill while Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released her version of the bill. Since each chamber is controlled by opposite parties, these efforts likely represent the starting points for negotiations as the Farm Bill reauthorization process continues. Fortunately for sportsmen and women, both plans contain many priorities shared among members of the sporting-conservation community. READ MORE |
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Our four-legged canine companions can play a crucial role in many aspects of our sporting traditions, including utilizing them to track and recover wounded game. Exhausting all available resources when tracking and recovering game is one of the cornerstones of hunting that ethical sportsmen and women share, so the use of tracking dogs is an important tool for many sportsmen and women. Additionally, ensuring that hunters, anglers, and trappers are protected from harassment on all state-managed properties open to hunting and fishing will help ensure that Louisiana’s sportsmen and women can continue to pursue their pastimes. |
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The 2024 Regular Session of the New Mexico Legislature closed with a whimper as the large anti-gun and anti-sportsmen agenda mostly failed. Of the dozen or so anti bills that were proposed, only two made it through to the Governor, who has repeatedly made it clear that anti-gun policies are among her top priorities. Therefore, any talk about a special session, especially in the wake of a failed agenda, is cause for immediate concern from New Mexico’s sportsmen and women. |
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