When election day 2022 comes in November, Oregon citizens will vote on Initiative 114. Billed as a background-check initiative, I-114 does far more
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Senate Bill Protects Access, Ammo, Tackle on Federal Lands
Government Affairs ArchiveToday, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced S. 4940, a bill to limit how and where federal agencies within the Interior and Agriculture Departments
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FWS Issues Final Rule Banning Lead on Refuges
Government Affairs ArchiveToday the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) followed through on its August proposed rule to ban lead ammunition and fishing tackle on
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Sportsmen’s Alliance, Vermont Hunters, Sue to Restore Refuge Rights
Government Affairs ArchiveOn Sept. 14, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, joined by the Vermont Traditions Coalition, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and the Vermont
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Sportsmen’s Alliance Files Comments on Refuge Lead-Ban Rule
LitigationThe Sportsmen’s Alliance filed comments opposing a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to ban lead ammunition and fishing tackle on
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Hunting Coalition Sues California Over Firearm Marketing Law
LitigationSportsmen’s Alliance, Safari Club International, SoCal Top Guns and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation cite violations of well-established and
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Massachusetts Kenneling Bill Fails
Government Affairs ArchiveLegislation that lumped sporting dog kennels and hobby breeders in with large-scale commercial dog breeding operations died when the Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Bill Treats Hobby Breeding as Commercial Business
Government Affairs ArchiveA bill originally intended to address issues with boarding kennels has been expanded to a meat-cleaver approach that lumps all breeders into the same
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Sportsmen’s Alliance Files Comments on Wolf Relisting
LitigationIn the ongoing saga over relisting the Northern Rocky Mountain and Western U.S. subpopulations of gray wolves, the Sportsmen’s Alliance filed comments
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Hunter-Conservationists Reject RETURN Act
Legislative ActionRep. Andrew Clyde (GA-R) recently introduced the RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act in the U.S.
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Wildlife Refuges: Biden Admin Reaches Agreement with Extremists
UncategorizedAs we’ve reported here and here, the Biden Administration entered into secret negotiations with the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to settle a
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African Big Game Ban Proposed in Congress Again
Legislative ActionThe U.S. House of Representatives’ Interior Appropriations Committee has released a spending bill that includes previously rejected language to ban
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