New Jersey Legislative Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus
Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblyman John Burzichelli, Regional Director Brent Miller
Per website:
“CSF’s stature as the sportsmen’s leader on policy issues has steadily grown through active involvement within the hunting community, including staff leadership and engagement in the Sunday Hunting Coalition at the state level.
“Working with CSF to promote the sportsmen’s traditions in New Jersey are three members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, as well as the New Jersey Legislative Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus.”.
According to the CSF / NJLAHC website, the caucus leadership embodies two state lawmakers and a Northeastern States Director who completed research on Sunday Hunting.
New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus Leaders (At the time of this writing June 10, 2015):
State Senator Steve Oroho
One Wilson Drive
Suite 2B
Sparta, NJ 07871
1001 Route 517
P.O. BOX 184
Allamuchy, NJ 07820
PHONE NUMBERS:
(973) 300-0200 (Sparta)
(908) 441-6343 (Allamuchy)
Assemblyman John Burzichelli
935 Kings Highway
Suite 400
West Deptford, NJ 08086
199 East Broadway
1st Floor
Suite G
Salem, NJ 08079
PHONE NUMBERS:
(856) 251-9801 (West Deptford)
(856) 339-0808 (Salem)
Northeastern States Director
Brent Miller
Phone: 202-543-6850 x13
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @CSFBrent
Per website: “Brent Miller joined the CSF team as the Northeastern States Manager in June of 2011, and in his current role with the organization, Brent oversees and interacts with the state legislative sportsmen's caucuses who are members of the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses, and supports the members of the Governors Sportsmen's Caucus in the northeast region.
Brent graduated with honors from Bard College in upstate New York with a Master of Science degree in Environmental Policy, where he focused his graduate studies on sportsmen's issues in the northeast. His thesis examined the potential for changes in Sunday hunting policy to provide increased funding for state wildlife management agencies throughout the region. Further research included an evaluation of management techniques for localized white-tailed deer overpopulation concerns. Additionally, Brent has received his Professional Development Certificate from The Wildlife Society, and currently serves as a Committee Member on both the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee, and the Maryland Sportsmen's Marketing Initiative”.
The NJLAHCC is not to be confused with any of the following:
· Fish and Game Council
NJLAHCC is a private, non-government organization. It is not a legislative committee. Nor is it mandated by state law as is the Fish and Game Council.
The NJ Outdoor Alliance’s website describes the NJLAHCC as follows:
“New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus The NJ Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus (NJAHCC) is a bi-partisan, bi-cameral group formed to address outdoor issues in the state legislature. The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance was instrumental in the formation of the caucus. The mission of the caucus is as follows:
- To promote practices of conservation and environmental stewardship of our state lands and waters
- To support efforts to enhance habitat management for wildlife and fisheries
- To ensure that all New Jersey outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen have reasonable access to public lands to enjoy outdoor pursuits
- To highlight the importance of fishing, hunting and conservation activities to our state's economic and environmental well-being and support the maintenance and growth of these activities
- To safeguard the investment of outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen in wildlife and fisheries management “
Adapted from NJOA: Legislators are who are Caucus Members. This means they actively promote YOUR ability to fish and hunt.
The above is the theory behind caucuses anyway. In any event, lawmakers who are caucus members are a good starting point, particularly the leaders indicated above. The Northeast states Director of the CFS is not a legislator, but considered a caucus leader, that is Brent Miller who has conducted research on Sunday Hunting. It would be logical for NJ hunters to contact Miller and tell him you want the Sunday Firearm Hunting issue vigorously represented.
ACTION TO TAKE: Formally contact the Caucus leaders and request each of them promotes a Sunday Firearm Hunting and a Mourning Dove Hunting proposal. Make it clear that this effort will require a proactive commitment in order to succeed and should not be treated as a lower priority or approached halfheartedly. Explain that these initiatives were started many years ago, and continue to disappoint many sportsmen. Other sportsmen who sought these changes are now reaching the end of their hunting careers or have been deceased and continuing to deprive NJ hunters is an injustice served for the sake of an ideology which espouses animal rights and/or the selfish motivations of some, perhaps even a public majority, including some hunters.
NJ Sunday Hunting for All is NOT suggesting that the only legislators worth contacting are the two caucus leaders; nor are we suggesting only contacting caucus members. Every state legislator needs to hear from every supporter of Sunday Firearm Hunting, individually. Our petition will be provided to every legislator, so indeed sign it, but also contact the entire legislature on your own. However, we are suggesting everyone contacts the Caucus Leaders multiple times, as they, by assuming this leadership; convey that they represent you as a liaison to other lawmakers. If you have enough savvy to develop a rapport go one step farther and regularly (weekly or monthly) communicate with the leaders about the issues of Sunday Firearm Hunting and Mourning Dove Hunting.
“CSF’s stature as the sportsmen’s leader on policy issues has steadily grown through active involvement within the hunting community, including staff leadership and engagement in the Sunday Hunting Coalition at the state level.
“Working with CSF to promote the sportsmen’s traditions in New Jersey are three members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, as well as the New Jersey Legislative Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus.”.
According to the CSF / NJLAHC website, the caucus leadership embodies two state lawmakers and a Northeastern States Director who completed research on Sunday Hunting.
New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus Leaders (At the time of this writing June 10, 2015):
State Senator Steve Oroho
One Wilson Drive
Suite 2B
Sparta, NJ 07871
1001 Route 517
P.O. BOX 184
Allamuchy, NJ 07820
PHONE NUMBERS:
(973) 300-0200 (Sparta)
(908) 441-6343 (Allamuchy)
Assemblyman John Burzichelli
935 Kings Highway
Suite 400
West Deptford, NJ 08086
199 East Broadway
1st Floor
Suite G
Salem, NJ 08079
PHONE NUMBERS:
(856) 251-9801 (West Deptford)
(856) 339-0808 (Salem)
Northeastern States Director
Brent Miller
Phone: 202-543-6850 x13
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @CSFBrent
Per website: “Brent Miller joined the CSF team as the Northeastern States Manager in June of 2011, and in his current role with the organization, Brent oversees and interacts with the state legislative sportsmen's caucuses who are members of the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses, and supports the members of the Governors Sportsmen's Caucus in the northeast region.
Brent graduated with honors from Bard College in upstate New York with a Master of Science degree in Environmental Policy, where he focused his graduate studies on sportsmen's issues in the northeast. His thesis examined the potential for changes in Sunday hunting policy to provide increased funding for state wildlife management agencies throughout the region. Further research included an evaluation of management techniques for localized white-tailed deer overpopulation concerns. Additionally, Brent has received his Professional Development Certificate from The Wildlife Society, and currently serves as a Committee Member on both the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee, and the Maryland Sportsmen's Marketing Initiative”.
The NJLAHCC is not to be confused with any of the following:
· Fish and Game Council
NJLAHCC is a private, non-government organization. It is not a legislative committee. Nor is it mandated by state law as is the Fish and Game Council.
The NJ Outdoor Alliance’s website describes the NJLAHCC as follows:
“New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus The NJ Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus (NJAHCC) is a bi-partisan, bi-cameral group formed to address outdoor issues in the state legislature. The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance was instrumental in the formation of the caucus. The mission of the caucus is as follows:
- To promote practices of conservation and environmental stewardship of our state lands and waters
- To support efforts to enhance habitat management for wildlife and fisheries
- To ensure that all New Jersey outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen have reasonable access to public lands to enjoy outdoor pursuits
- To highlight the importance of fishing, hunting and conservation activities to our state's economic and environmental well-being and support the maintenance and growth of these activities
- To safeguard the investment of outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen in wildlife and fisheries management “
Adapted from NJOA: Legislators are who are Caucus Members. This means they actively promote YOUR ability to fish and hunt.
The above is the theory behind caucuses anyway. In any event, lawmakers who are caucus members are a good starting point, particularly the leaders indicated above. The Northeast states Director of the CFS is not a legislator, but considered a caucus leader, that is Brent Miller who has conducted research on Sunday Hunting. It would be logical for NJ hunters to contact Miller and tell him you want the Sunday Firearm Hunting issue vigorously represented.
ACTION TO TAKE: Formally contact the Caucus leaders and request each of them promotes a Sunday Firearm Hunting and a Mourning Dove Hunting proposal. Make it clear that this effort will require a proactive commitment in order to succeed and should not be treated as a lower priority or approached halfheartedly. Explain that these initiatives were started many years ago, and continue to disappoint many sportsmen. Other sportsmen who sought these changes are now reaching the end of their hunting careers or have been deceased and continuing to deprive NJ hunters is an injustice served for the sake of an ideology which espouses animal rights and/or the selfish motivations of some, perhaps even a public majority, including some hunters.
NJ Sunday Hunting for All is NOT suggesting that the only legislators worth contacting are the two caucus leaders; nor are we suggesting only contacting caucus members. Every state legislator needs to hear from every supporter of Sunday Firearm Hunting, individually. Our petition will be provided to every legislator, so indeed sign it, but also contact the entire legislature on your own. However, we are suggesting everyone contacts the Caucus Leaders multiple times, as they, by assuming this leadership; convey that they represent you as a liaison to other lawmakers. If you have enough savvy to develop a rapport go one step farther and regularly (weekly or monthly) communicate with the leaders about the issues of Sunday Firearm Hunting and Mourning Dove Hunting.