<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try{ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // these are (ruh-roh) globals. You could wrap in an // immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) if you wanted to... var currentTallest = 0, currentRowStart = 0, rowDivs = new Array(); function setConformingHeight(el, newHeight) { // set the height to something new, but remember the original height in case things change el.data("originalHeight", (el.data("originalHeight") == undefined) ? (el.height()) : (el.data("originalHeight"))); el.height(newHeight); } function getOriginalHeight(el) { // if the height has changed, send the originalHeight return (el.data("originalHeight") == undefined) ? (el.height()) : (el.data("originalHeight")); } function columnConform() { // find the tallest DIV in the row, and set the heights of all of the DIVs to match it. $('.subcontent .post').each(function() { // "caching" var $el = $(this); var topPosition = $el.position().top; if (currentRowStart != topPosition) { // we just came to a new row. Set all the heights on the completed row for(currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) setConformingHeight(rowDivs[currentDiv], currentTallest); // set the variables for the new row rowDivs.length = 0; // empty the array currentRowStart = topPosition; currentTallest = getOriginalHeight($el); rowDivs.push($el); } else { // another div on the current row. Add it to the list and check if it's taller rowDivs.push($el); currentTallest = (currentTallest < getOriginalHeight($el)) ? (getOriginalHeight($el)) : (currentTallest); } // do the last row for (currentDiv = 0 ; currentDiv < rowDivs.length ; currentDiv++) setConformingHeight(rowDivs[currentDiv], currentTallest); }); return true; } </script>

Thanks to our sponsors

A publication of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance

Sportsmen Calls Needed to Protect Hunting on Public Land

Posted on May 30, 2013

U.S. Senators who support S. 170, legislation that would protect hunting, fishing and recreational shooting on millions of acres of federal public land, are pushing for a summer hearing on this important bill. To aid our Senate allies, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is calling on sportsmen and women across the country to contact their U.S. Senator, asking them to co-sponsor this important bill.

Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) are the primary sponsors with seven other Senators having joined them as co-sponsors of S. 170 – the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act. The bill establishes in law that fishing, hunting and recreational shooting are legitimate and important activities on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.  It provides protections for these activities against attacks by the animal rights lobby and their lawyers who have fought to stop hunting on all public lands.

The key provision of the bill is the “Open Until Closed” language, which mandates that National Forest and BLM lands are open to hunting, fishing and recreational shooting unless specific steps are taken to close those lands for necessary and demonstrable reasons.

The Open Until Closed provision is a “game changer” for the future of hunting, fishing and recreational shooting on public land.  It closes the door on abusive lawsuits filed by animal rights groups intended to shut American sportsmen and women out of millions of acres of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance led the charge for similar 1997 legislation that protects sportsmen’s access to National Wildlife Refuge land.

To pass the Senate, S. 170 will need to attract support from Senators from both political parties and from all regions of the country.

Take Action!  Sportsmen and women should contact their U.S. Senators today and ask them to co-sponsor S. 170 – the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act.  Their support will help ensure the future of sportsmen’s access to our federal public lands.

Share

Discussion

Wolf Management Under Attack in Minnesota

In their ever-expanding quest to stop state management of a rapidly proliferating wolf population, anti-hunting forces have returned to the Minnesota statehouse with a series of bills designed to stop …

Read More

California Sportsmen’s Coalition Formed

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) is excited to announce the formation of the Al Taucher Conservation Coalition (ATCC) developed to educate and inform California citizens on conservation issues. Coalition members comprise …

Read More

American Heritage Girls Host First Event in Florida

As spring arrives, the Trailblazer Adventure Program is ramping up for another great season as events are kicking off in full force. The program, launched by U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation …

Read More

Nebraska Governor Stands Up For Sportsmen, Veto’s Hunting Ban

Today, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman vetoed a bill that would have banned Mountain lion hunting in Nebraska. The measure, LB 671, sought to remove the authority of the state’s wildlife management …

Read More

Join Our FREE Sentry Program

Sign up to receive the official membership newsletter of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation.

Join Now

Support Your Passion

Donate Today

Keep the Tradition Alive

Speak Out About Your Rights