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About NASC
The National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) unites state legislators in support of hunting, fishing and trapping, as well as professional wildlife management, in the halls of state government. NASC does this by:
- Forming state sportsmen’s caucuses within state legislatures. Currently there are 32 state sportsmen’s caucuses affiliated with NASC. These caucuses form a network working together, sharing information, duplicating pro-sportsmen’s legislation from one state to the next, and being on the look out and learning from anti-sportsmen’s efforts in one state that might appear in another state.
- Serving as a central and unifying source of information, model legislation, and funding assistance for state sportsmen’s caucuses.
- Providing a venue for focused interaction and idea exchange among state caucuses, sportsmen’s groups, industry, media and allied interests.
NASC is the only organization in the United States whose sole purpose is to coordinate and work with state elected officials to protect and promote the rights of sportsmen and women. NASC shares a unique relationship with state sportsmen’s causes in more than 30 states with a membership of nearly 2,000 state legislators.
Everyday NASC tracks legislation at the state level that has the potential to impact sportsmen and women, working with NASC State Caucus Leadership Teams, we are in constant communication with state legislators working to promote pro-sportsmen’s legislation and defeat attacks by those who wish to put an end to all hunting and fishing.
The Important Work of NASC - Why it Matters to You
Many of the most important decisions affecting our outdoor traditions are made by state legislators. The policies they craft, debate and enact impacts every single individual who spends time hunting, fishing, or trapping.
Quite simply, we can have the best wildlife habitat imaginable, access to the best public hunting and fishing areas, and a record number of people who buy fishing and hunting licenses, but it won’t matter one bit if misguided laws and regulations are made at the state level that negatively impact our outdoor traditions or if no one is proactively promoting a sportsmen’s agenda in state legislatures
In 2006, there were nearly 3,000 bills impacting hunting and fishing introduced in state legislatures. These initiatives directly impact sportsmen and women in their home states and states afield where they travel to enjoy hunting and fishing. Legislation at the state level moves at fast pace, often without much notice to state legislators and their staff. NASC alerts and arms sportsmen’s caucuses with factual information from a central source, providing an effective voice from sportsmen in the halls of state government.
History
The effort to build a network of state sportsmen’s caucuses began in 2002 when the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation facilitated a program to establish new caucuses and strengthen existing ones. After 15 years of success working with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus to provide a powerful and effective voice for sportsmen in Washington, DC, CSF began to work with state legislators to carry the model down to state government. With the formation of the NASC, an ambitious agenda to address hunting, angling, and conservation issues in state capitals across the country was set into action. Sportsmen and women as well as the conservation community and industry that supports them now have nearly 2,000 legislators in 32 states that have banded together to protect and promote their interests.
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