Senator Astle Awarded Rowse Award For Outstanding Accomplishments
(CLINTON, SC) - Maryland State Senator John Astle, a passionate
activist for hunting and fishing issues in his home state of Maryland
and around the country, has been named as only the third ever recipient
of the Brad Rowse Leadership Award.
The Brad Rowse Leadership Award is given in honor of the former State Caucus Manager of the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses who, as a rising star in the sportsmen and conservation community, passed away at age 26 in December 2004.
Pennsylvania Passes Conservation Elk Tag Legislation
(HARRISBURG, PA) - Legislation allowing conservation organizaitons to auction off elk licenses to generate funds for the state Game
Commission has passed the Pennsylvania General Assembly and is now waiting the expected signature of Governor Rendell.
Authored and introduced by Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Caucus Co-Chair, state Rep. Marc Gergely and supported by the Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Caucus, the legislation (H.B. 747) will allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to offer a special elk conservation hunting tag through an auction every year in which the proceeds would go toward improving elk habitats in the Commonwealth.
State Sportsmen's Caucuses
| Salazar Met With Open Arms Sportsmen and women across the country met the appointment of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior with open arms yesterday.... |
| UST Inc. Honored for Steadfast Support UST, Inc. was honored at the summit for its steadfast support of NASC. ... |
| Getting Organized and Proactive for the Future From the federal, state and industry level, the hunting and fishing community is taking warning signs about the environment, shrinking access to the resources and a dwindling sportsmen's base seriously and they are getting organized and proactive.... |
| NASC Summit Rallies Pro-Sportsmen Legislators As the nation readies for a new era in politics, state legislators from across the country gathered at The Clinton House in Clinton, South Carolina this past weekend for the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucus’s 5th Annual Sportsman-Legislator Summit.... |
| MD Sen. John Astle Awarded Brad Rowse Leadership Award Astle has been a driving force behind the Maryland Sportsmen's Caucus' numerous legislative victories.... |
| NASC Elects New Executive Council At Sportsman-Legislator Summit New leadership takes the reigns and sets the stage for sportsmen in state capitols.... |
