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SCI News for June 24

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SCI News for June 24
By Safari Club International • Issue #37 • View online

SCI Welcomes President Scott Chapman
SCI President Steve Skold and President-Elect Scott Chapman recently met to conduct the traditional exchanging of pins commemorating the change of officers.
2019-20 President Skold (L) and 2020-21 President Chapman
2019-20 President Skold (L) and 2020-21 President Chapman
This Week
The assault on Alaska’s hunting heritage
Late in President Barack Obama’s final term, the National Park Service, or NPS, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or USFWS, circumvented Congress by effectively revoking the state of Alaska’s longstanding authority to manage game within national preserves and wildlife refuges. In doing so, rural Alaskans, including those who practice millennia-old harvest strategies to feed their families, found their age-old traditions criminalized.
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Pro-hunt groups join elk feeding fight
Three hunting advocacy groups have asked a federal court to join the legal dispute over what becomes of the National Elk Refuge’s feeding program.
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Kamchatka Brown Bear Sweepstakes
Don’t miss your chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula for some of the world’s largest brown bears with renown outfitter Link’s Wild Safaris while supporting SCI Foundation’s wildlife conservation and outdoor education programs. Entries Close June 30th. Get yours today!
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Chapter Happenings
SCI Calgary Chapter on Instagram
SCI Calgary Chapter on Instagram
We were fortunate to finally get out and complete our spring willow staking project. Planting about 800 willows along the waterline of local water sources to help prevent erosion and increase water quality as well as encourage nesting birds, increase habitat connectivity and fish habitat in the region.
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Lake Superior Chapter on Instagram
Lake Superior Chapter on Instagram
President Burl Johnson is having a blast walleye fishing!
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