council Documents

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING DATES:

October 15, 2024

November 19, 2024

December 17, 2024

January 21, 2025

February 18, 2025

March 18, 2025

April 15, 2025

May 20, 2025

June 17, 2025

July 15, 2025

August 19, 2025

September 16, 2025

October 21, 2025

November 18, 2025

December 16, 2025

memorandums

  • SUPPORT

    Amend the environmental conservation law to lower the age for universal hunting licenses from fourteen years old to twelve years old.

  • OPPOSITION

    Legislation that would raise the minimum age at which individuals are permitted to possess rifles and shotguns to twenty-one from the current age of sixteen.

  • SUPPORT

    Establish a minimum age ten and define the circumstances for juveniles to possess rifles, shotguns and air guns.

  • SUPPORT

    Repeal the restrictions, background checking and record keeping requirements for the retail sale of ammunition imposed by the SAFE Act.

  • OPPOSITION

    Amending the agriculture and markets law by expanding the scope of the aggravated cruelty to animals prohibition to include wildlife.

  • OPPOSITION

    Imposition by the Adirondacks Park Agency of time limits on occupancy in private campgrounds located in the Adirondack Park.

  • OPPOSITION

    Prohibiting the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve.

  • SUPPORT

    Amending the vehicle and traffic law to raise the defined maximum weight for all-terrain vehicles.

  • SUPPORT

    Amending the vehicle and traffic law to exempt from registration all-terrain vehicles used solely on lands owned by or leased to the vehicle owner.

  • SUPPORT

    Amend the environmental conservation law to permit the use of live restraint cable devices to take coyotes.

  • SUPPORT

    Amend the penal law in relation to the sale of ammunition by shooting preserves and shooting clubs.

  • OPPOSITION

    Providing free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses or a refundable tax credit for active sportsman education instructors.

  • SUPPORT

    Amend the environmental conservation law in relation to crossbow hunting to permit the taking of game with the crossbow analogous to the longbow.

  • SUPPORT

    Access for the disabled and mobility impaired to state forest lands and wildlife management areas.

  • OPPOSITION

    Establishing liability for owners of dogs for injuries caused by such dog without any prior reason to believe that the dog was a dangerous dog.

  • OPPOSITION

    Provide for the regulation of and sets standards for the tether, restraint and sheltering of dogs.

  • OPPOSITION

    Provides for the imposition of restrictive business practices and additional record keeping requirements on firearms and ammunition dealers.

  • OPPOSITION

    Prohibition of firearms as prizes in games of chance.

  • SUPPORT

    Require the Department of Environmental Conservation to review laws and policies pertaining to free or reduced cost hunting and fishing licenses.

  • SUPPORT (if amended)

    Provision of free or reduced cost hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to disabled persons.

  • SUPPORT (WITH CONCERNS)

    Provide a tax credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers for hunting and fishing license fees.

  • OPPOSITION

    Prohibition of competitions involving the taking of wildlife.

Club Liability Insurance

Sportsmen’s & Conservation Club Liability Insurance Program

The Council sponsors a nationwide Sportsmen’s & Conservation Club Liability Insurance Program that offers extremely competitive rates for clubs and shooting preserves. Your organization can put the saved money toward a better use! The plan is administered through the United Insurance Agency, Inc., a company which has considerable experience in shooting, fishing and other outdoor recreation insurance.

One requirement for enrolling in the insurance program is that the insured must be a member of the New York State Conservation Council at the defender level. The feedback from those who have enrolled with this insurance is that they have saved money and the coverage is just what they were looking for in an insurance policy. 

For more information on the Sportsmen’s & Conservation Club Liability Insurance Program, or to request an application for a free rate quote, call John Long, Jr. or Colleen Jackson at 1-800-728-4522 or write to the United Insurance Agency, PO Box 850 Getzville, NY 14068-0850.