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CSF Policy Fellows: A Summer with the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation

By Brendan Carroll, John Hood and Mark Lance

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Thank you to our partners for supporting CSF's mission to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping.

On Capitol Hill
House Natural Resources Committee Advances Shortsighted Anti-Hunting Legislation
On September 18, the House Natural Resources Committee passed  H.R. 2245 , the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act, or CECIL... Read More > >

House Natural Resources Committee Scheduled to Hold Hearing on Important Conservation Funding Bills
On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on H.R. 925, the North American Wetlands Conservation... Read More > >

In the States
Arizona: Forest Service Approves House Rock Wildlife Area Bison Management Improvements Project
Contact: Ellary TuckerWilliams, Inter-Mountain Western States Coordinator
On September 5, after thorough public scoping, tribal consultation, and analysis of resource conditions, the US Forest Service released a Decision Memo , granting the request... Read More > >

Indiana: Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Hosts First Sportsmen's Rendezvous
Contact: Nick Buggia, Upper Midwestern States Manager
On September 16, the Indiana Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus hosted their first Sportsmen's Rendezvous at Atterbury Shooting Complex in Edinburgh. Read More > >

Maryland: Caucus Gathers for Annual Retreat at Historic Woodmont Lodge
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States 
On the weekend of September 13, Co-Chairs and Members of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus gathered at the historic Woodmont Lodge in Washington... Read More > >

Nebraska: Hunters Prepare for the 2019-2020 Upland Slam
Contact: Kent Keene , Lower Midwestern States Coordinator
For the second year, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC), in association with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, has announced the 2019-2020 Upland Slam challenge. Read More > >

Tennessee: Sportsmen's Caucus Adds New Leader
By John Culclasure, Central Appalachian States Manager
Recently, the bicameral and bipartisan Tennessee Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus (Caucus) announced the addition of Representative Bob Freeman as the new Co-Chair of the Caucus. Read More > >

CSF News
NASC Sportsman-Legislator Summit - Registration Now Open
Online registration is now open for the 16th Annual National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses (NASC) Sportsman-Legislator Summit. The NASC Sportsman-Legislator Summit is the most important event of the year for caucus members and partners. Now in its 16th year, this annual meeting serves as the ideal venue for focused discussion and interaction between and among state policy makers, sportsmen's NGO representatives, and outdoor industry partners from around the nation. Attendees will collaborate and devise year-long strategies to advance the interests of sportsmen and women in state legislatures. 
 
The theme for this year's event is "Partners Advancing  America's Conservation Movement: NASC, Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Industry, and NGOs" and will focus on a wide variety of topics related to hunting, angling, recreational shooting, and trapping.
 
event page to submit your registration online.

Anglers for the Bahamas 
On behalf of CSF's partnership with Bass Pro Shops, we are proud to support their efforts in uniting the fishing community to help provide relief for the Bahamas in the wake 
of Hurricane Dorian.

Please join us, and other anglers, 
by donating to Convoy of Hope, an international humanitarian relief organization.  To make a direct donation or learn more about this effort, please visit www.anglersforthebahamas.org.  

Together, we're FISHIN' FOR A MISSION.



        
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