SCI Is in Every State to Promote Sustainable-Use Wildlife Conservation and Protect Hunting Rights

Wildlife conservation through hunting is under attack at the state and local level almost every day. Often, SCI is the only organization commenting on proposed legislation and regulations, covering everything from rabbits to rhinos.  SCI engages at each opportunity because state-level policy decisions have a real and immediate impact on responsible wildlife management and our hunting heritage.  SCI’s state and local liaisons are willing partners and proactive members of the conservation community.

Frequent areas of engagement include defending predator hunting and fighting unscientific state wildlife referendums (“ballot box biology”), ensuring state wildlife commissions continue to support sustainable use, fighting access limitations including lead ammunition and Sunday hunting restrictions, opposing state trophy import bans, mediating resident and nonresident allocation conflicts, and supporting constitutional right-to-hunt amendments.

SCI’s “States by the Numbers” for the first half of 2025 include:

  • 43 legislative and regulatory comment letters
  • 35 field visits
  • 14 action alerts
  • 2 podcasts

In 2024 and 2025, SCI sent comment letters across the country to promote sound, science-based wildlife management and hunting.  These include:

Alaska:

Arizona:

California:

Colorado:

Idaho:

Indiana:

Louisiana:

Michigan:

Minnesota:

Montana:

Nebraska:

Nevada:

Oklahoma:

Pennsylvania:

Utah:

Washington:

Wyoming: