For three days, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as the epicenter of the hunting and conservation world, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation was there to help bolster efforts.
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) National Association of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) provided a venue for more than 250 people, including state legislators from across the nation to collaborate with RMEF and other conservation advocates on legislation and policies to advance hunting, fishing, trapping and shooting sports. Attendees also celebrated past accomplishments and highlighted the contributions of sportsmen and women to conservation.
“Meeting friendly legislators is critical to the long-term success of RMEF’s advocacy efforts, and this NASC forum provides opportunities to spark new positive initiatives but also to nip bad ideas in the bud,” said Ryan Bronson, RMEF government affairs director.
Topics included chronic wasting disease, big game migration, access improvements, firearms regulations and forest management.
The group also spent some time looking back on the recent victory in Colorado that defeated Proposition 127, an anti-hunting, anti-wildlife management ballot initiative which looked to ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting, while looking ahead and discussing how states can head off future ballot-box biology efforts.
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(Photo credit: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation)
