US Sportmens Alliance on Target Articles

Congressmen Again Turn to USSA For Expert Testimony

(Columbus) – The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA), the nation’s premier organization in defense of hunting, fishing, and scientific wildlife management, has again been asked by federal lawmakers to weigh in on problems with the Endangered Species Act.

HSUS Knows Anti-Hunting Agenda Will Tarnish “Mainsteam” Reputation

(Columbus) – The Humane Society of the United States is trying to dodge the spotlight that is illuminating its anti-hunting agenda.

Assembly Proposes to Alter New Jersey Fish and Game Council

Legislation that will revamp the New Jersey Fish and Game Council will be heard in the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee on June 14. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its allies are concerned that such legislation will simplify anti-hunters’ involvement in wildlife decision-making.

Sportsmen Join Suit to Protect Wildlife Management on Kofa NWR

(Columbus) - The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation has moved to defend sportsmen in a lawsuit that will eradicate vital wildlife management on federal land.

U.S. Cleans Up at Pan American Games

AMERICAN TEAM WINS 22 SHOOTING MEDALS . . . The shooting competition at the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ended on Saturday, and when the smoke had cleared, the U.S. team had captured 22 medals, including 10 golds. Two golds, one silver and a bronze came the last day, including the one-two finish of former Scholastic Clay Target Program participant Vincent Hancock of Eatonton, Ga., and the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and James Graves of Laurel, Miss., in Men's Skeet, and a win and place by Jamie Beyerle, Lebanon, Pa., and Amanda Furrer, Spokane, Wash., respectively, in Women's 50 Meter Rifle 3 Position. For results, visit www.usashooting.org and the official Web site of the 2007 Pan American Games.

USSA Provides Breakdown on Congressional Vote To Ban Polar Bear Hunting

(Columbus) – The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has compiled a summary of how congressmen voted on a measure introduced in Congress earlier this week that sought to ban polar bear hunting.

California Sportsmen Stop Bill to End Dog Breeding

(Sacramento) - California sportsmen have derailed legislation that would have outlawed the breeding of accomplished sporting dogs and eventually made it impossible to breed and own hunting dogs.

Sportsmen Win First Round in Court Fight to Protect Trapping

(Columbus) - A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit that attempted to use the threatened Canada lynx as a pawn in the anti-hunters’ lawsuit to ban trapping in Minnesota. The decision will allow trapping to continue in the state.

USSA Invited to Brief Senators On Hunting and Polar Bear Conservation

(Columbus) - The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has been asked to represent the nation’s sportsmen and address U.S. Senate committee members and staff next week on why listing the polar bear as a threatened species per the Endangered Species Act and curtailing polar bear hunting by U.S. citizens will be detrimental to the species.

USSA Testifies Against Proposal to Expand Reach of ESA to Ban Hunting

(Columbus) – The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance blasted a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to list polar bears as federally threatened and curtail hunting for them. After sportsmen’s concerns were expressed during last night’s public hearing, wildlife officials made remarks that gave even more reason to call the listing into question.