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On The Issues
Recent State Affairs Articles
North Carolina Opens Comment Period on Proposed Rule to Expand Sunday Hunting on Public Lands
This week, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) opened up a public comment period for their 2021-2022 rulemaking cycle. Included in this year’s proposals is a series of rules that would expand Sunday hunting on select game lands in the Old North State for the first time. On July
Read MoreSCI Federal Legislator of the Year: South Carolina Needs Hunters to Thrive
Representative Jeff Duncan has served South Carolina’s 3rd congressional district since 2011. Will Galloway is a Clemson University student and avid hunter. Cyrus Baird is the Manager of Government Relations at the Safari Club International and a graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Wildlife Biology. From the upstate
Read More2020 California Legislative Summary
The California legislature adjourned on August 31, 2020, the last day of the 2019-2020 Legislative Session. During a legislative session defined and shaped by COVID-19, Safari Club International and its members in California were able to track 127 bills that would impact sportsmen and women and officially took positions on
Read MoreJoe Rogan & Cam Hanes Discuss Controversial Colorado Wolf Reintroduction
Joe Rogan and Cam Hanes recently did a great job articulating the complexities of Colorado Proposition 114 – a citizen’s ballot initiate to reintroduce wolves into the state. Managing wolves is extremely difficult due to the emotional reactions the species tends to invoke in people. Safari Club International and other organizations, including the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
Read MoreNJ Governor Jumps Gun on Announcing Bear Hunting Ban
On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tweeted that “The 2020 bear hunt will be the LAST” for New Jersey. But the Governor is jumping the gun… The New Jersey Fish and Game Council is responsible for adopting revisions to the state Game Code every five to seven years. The
Read MoreSCI Presents Senator Dan Laughlin with State Legislator of the Year Award as Pennsylvania Sunday Hunting Starts this Fall
Yesterday, Safari Club International presented Senator Dan Laughlin of Pennsylvania with the 2019 State Legislator of the Year Award at his office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Senator Laughlin’s legislative accomplishments were previously honored this year at SCI’s virtual Board of Director’s meeting in May, but the physical award was presented to
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