Conservation and Environment

B.A.S.S. News

B.A.S.S. joined key conservation organizations in signing a Sept. 7 letter in support of a bill that would protect hunting, fishing and recreational shooting rights in national forests and on public lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

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Detroit Free Press

LANSING — Children under 10 would be allowed to hunt as long as they’re with an adult mentor through legislation that has passed the Michigan House.

The measure adopted Tuesday by an 85-23 vote next goes to the Senate, which has passed similar legislation. Read complete story on Detroit Free Press.

B.A.S.S. News

OKAUCHEE, Wis. — Wisconsin has joined the rest of the United States in permitting the practice of “culling” bass. Gov. Scott Walker signed the Wisconsin “culling bill” into law during ceremonies at the Golden Mast Inn Restaurant, located on the shores of Okauchee Lake, one of Wisconsin’s most popular bass tournament lakes.

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TBF News

Bill to Allow Culling in State of Wisconsin

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 a very important hearing was held in the Wisconsin State Capitol that impacts the sport of competitive bass fishing. Several different sportsmen’s groups attended to testify concerning Assembly Bill AB35. This bill, as written, would permit culling in Bass tournaments in the state of Wisconsin. As all of us anglers know, this is a significant part of competitive bass fishing and tournament bass anglers are largely the only ones following the law due to tournament rules which require them to do so.

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CONSERVE. PROTECT. DEFEND. JOIN US!

On March 1, Michigan United Conservation Clubs will host a sportsmen's rally at the Capitol in Lansing. MUCC will lead hundreds of sportsmen and women in a political action event at the capitol in Lansing to meet with their respective members of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives to advocate for policies that promote the conservation, enhancement and wise use of Michigan’s natural resources and protection of our outdoors heritage.

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American Sportfishing Association news

Senator Lincoln Introduces Crucial Legislation to Prevent Unwarranted and Costly Federal Bans on Fishing Tackle

Alexandria, VA – September 29, 2010 – The sportfishing community thanks Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) for introducing S.3850, legislation which seeks to prevent an overarching federal ban on lead in recreational fishing tackle; a move that could have a significant economic impact on anglers and the recreational fishing industry.

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American Sportfishing Association News

America’s anglers triumph over unwarranted petition to ban lead in fishing tackle

Alexandria, VA – November 4, 2010 – The sportfishing community commends the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for its decision to reject a sweeping petition to ban lead in all fishing tackle. The petition, which was submitted on August 3, 2010, by the Center for Biological Diversity and four other groups, requested that EPA ban all lead in all fishing tackle on all U.S. waters.

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From Bassmaster Conservation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The angling public and the fishing industry once again have beaten back an attempt to ban the manufacture and sale of fishing tackle containing lead.

This time around, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and four other groups. Read full story on Bassmaster Conservation