In every state, Safari Club International monitors, tracks, and evaluates legislation impacting hunting, hunters, and wildlife conservation. SCI works with pro-sportsmen elected leaders through the collaboration of the individual state sportsmen’s caucuses. Building relationships between state leaders and sportsmen as well as staying current on the issues ensures that SCI is protecting your right to hunt.
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On The Issues
Recent State Affairs Articles
Around the States: Colorado, Florida, Montana, New York, Oregon, Washington
Colorado: SCI joined two comment letters in support of Senate Bills 255 and 256. SB 255 would create a wolf depredation compensation account and SB 256 would prevent the reintroduction of gray wolves without a federal Endangered Species Action Section 10(j) designation. Florida: Senate Joint Resolution 1234 and House Joint Resolution
Read MoreNew Jersey Legislature with a Flurry of Sportsmen’s Related Bills
While most of the country is focused on hunting seasons and upcoming elections, lawmakers in New Jersey are using their waning legislative days to push anti-sportsmen’s issues. Included among the bills are far reaching firearm proposals, attacks on private property rights and another attempt to chip away at sustainable, ethical
Read MoreNew York State Legislature Fails to Advance Legally Harvested Wildlife Import Ban
The New York State Legislature adjourned today without passing the ill-conceived Senate Bill (SB) 2814, titled the “Big Five African Trophies Act,” after extensive advocacy efforts from SCI members and staff. If enacted, SB 2814 would have banned the importation, transportation, and possession of five major African wildlife species, including
Read MoreAlabama One-Shot Turkey Hunt
Recently, SCI CEO Laird Hamberlin and Eastern States & Local Liaison Bee Frederick participated in the Alabama Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt hosted by Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Conservation and Natural Resources Foundation. The three-day event featured a welcome reception, a day and a half of turkey hunting, a
Read MoreStand with SCI and Alaskan Sportsmen to Protect Hunting Access!
On March 30th, the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) took action on a temporary Wildlife Special Action (WSA21-01) that proposed to close the moose and caribou hunting season to anyone except qualified subsistence hunters from August 1st to September 30th, 2022, on two specific federal land units in Alaska. Although they did not
Read MoreLegislation in Kentucky Threatens North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
Across the country, Fish and Wildlife Commissioners are appointed to represent the interests of their constituents and, importantly, the sportsmen and women who buy licenses and pay excise taxes on guns, ammo, and outdoor gear that supports their respective state wildlife agency. Unfortunately, proposed legislation in Kentucky (House Bill 395)
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