2012 National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses

S.C. Rep. Mike Pitts with SCDNR Director Alvin Taylor

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2012 NASC State Legislators

Talking about conservation in the ACE Basin,
with Dan Ashe, Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency

The 2012 annual conference of the National Association of Sportsmens Caucuses met at The Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach. The NASC invites sportsman legislators from across the nation to join together to discuss issues that they face in their home states. The sharing of information helps to keep concerns about sporting issues on the front burner of the politicians who can shape the policies that affect those who value our great outdoors. The Congressional Sportsmens Foundation in D.C. serves as the umbrella organization for NASC. South Carolina hosted NASC five years ago, and the S.C. Sportsmen's caucus produced the current NASC Executive Council President - Rep. Mike Pitts, who serves as the host for the Myrtle Beach summit. SCDNR keeps a high profile at such events by licensing these out of state sportsmen before their afternoon hunting and fishing trips and SCDNR Director Alvin Taylor was present to extend a welcome to everyone. Some of the topics at NASC included knife rights, silencer legality education, uniform hunter education programs, catch shares, idle iron policies, and the threats from feral hogs. John Frampton, formerly with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies spoke about the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration program. Dan Ashe is the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and he came to the Lowcountry Outdoors to express gratitude to the grass roots legislators that can set the tone for national policies. This 9th annual NASC summit proves to be an important tool to raise awareness on a national level, and Myrtle Beach and South Carolina proudly provided quality hunting and fishing opportunities for these legislator guests.

To view a recap from Barton James, Director of DU Public Policy, click here.

To read my feature story click on Colletonian.

Jeff Angers and Mike Leonard,
 after the saltwater fishing breakout session

To view past blog entries about the CSF click here.