Since 2005, POMA has been a leader in outdoor sports communication excellence. Writers, filmmakers, organizations and businesses all unite under the POMA umbrella to bring the best in outdoor news and information to consumers.
“Together, we all work to spread the good news about the outdoors, shooting sports, hunting, and the conservation of habitat and wildlife around the world. Now, more than ever, it is critical for professionals in the outdoor space to unite and fight against censorship of our passions by social media,” states Joe Betar, Houston Safari Club Foundation Executive Director.
About POMA POMA works with its media members and Corporate Partners to foster excellence in communications at all levels. POMA helps its members build their businesses, connects media and industry, promotes fair and honest communication, and mentors the next generation of outdoor sports communicators. www.professionaloutdoormedia.org
About Houston Safari Club Foundation
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation, and the promotion of our hunting heritage. HSCF has awarded 638 scholarships totaling $2.77 million dollars. HSCF conducts youth outdoor education programs, career training, hunter education and field experiences throughout the year. HSCF has provided over $4 million in grants for hunter-funded wildlife, habitat, and various conservation initiatives. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization. Visit our website at wehuntwegive.org or call 713.623.8844 for more information. HSCF. We Hunt. We Give.
The AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes excellence by creative professionals responsible for the planning, concept, direction, design, and production of digital communication. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. Winners were selected from over 200 categories in Audio, Video, and Web-based production.
“HSCF and the Hunting Matters team are extremely proud to be acknowledged by AVA. Our producer and co-host, Ramon Robles, works tirelessly to help create entertaining content every week. HSCF Marketing & Publications Manager, Carla Nielsen, does an incredible job of marketing every episode to the public. We appreciate the support of our partners at iHeartMedia, Inc. for their continued support. Last, but certainly not least, we appreciate each of our guests for taking time out of their busy schedules to share their knowledge with our listening audience,” stated Joe Betar, Houston Safari Club Foundation’s Executive Director.
AVA Digital Awards is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization consists of several thousand production, marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, and freelance professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs; provides judges and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the profession. As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their unique talents to public service and charitable organizations.
About Hunting Matters
Tune in to “Hunting Matters” with Houston Safari Club Foundation Executive Director Joe Betar as he engages in conversations with guests, from various backgrounds, who have a passion for hunting and conservation. Great discussions, news, hunting legislation updates and more! “Hunting Matters” airs each Saturday, 6am-7am CDT on KPRC AM 950 – Real Texas, Real Talk, a Houston iHeartMedia station, and Houston’s longest running radio station. “Hunting Matters” is also available via podcast on Apple/iTunes, iHeartMedia, Google, Overcast, PodBean and Spreaker. Subscribe, listen and provide a review and rating. Hunting Matters is a 2022 Gold AVA Digital Awards winner!
About Houston Safari Club Foundation
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation, and the promotion of our hunting heritage. HSCF has awarded 638 scholarships totaling $2.77 million dollars. HSCF conducts youth outdoor education programs, career training, hunter education and field experiences throughout the year. HSCF has provided over $4 million in grants for hunter-funded wildlife, habitat, and various conservation initiatives. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization. Visit our website at wehuntwegive.org or call 713.623.8844 for more information. HSCF. We Hunt. We Give.
Houston, TX (November 30, 2021) – Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is proud to announce its quarterly publication, Hunter’s HornTM, was named a Gold Winner in the 2021 MarCom Awards in the nonprofit print magazine category. This is the second year in a row the publication has been recognized by MarCom.
MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. Since its inception in 2004, MarCom has evolved into one of the largest, most-respected creative competitions in the world. Each year about 6,000 print and digital entries are submitted from dozens of countries. The largest, most prestigious creative firms in the marketing and communication field compete for MarCom recognition.
MarCom is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization, founded in 1995, consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital and web professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs, provides judges, and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the community.
About Houston Safari Club Foundation
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation, and the promotion of our hunting heritage. HSCF has awarded 638 scholarships totaling $2.77 million dollars. HSCF conducts youth outdoor education programs, career training, hunter education and field experiences throughout the year. HSCF has provided over $4 million in grants for hunter-funded wildlife, habitat, and various conservation initiatives. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization. Visit our website at wehuntwegive.org or call 713.623.8844 for more information. HSCF. We Hunt. We Give.
Houston, TX (November 12, 2021) – Winners of the 2021 Annual Davey Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. With over 2,000 entries from across the U.S. and from around the world, the Davey Awards honors the finest creative work from the best small shops, firms, and companies worldwide. Please visit daveyawards.com to view the full winners list.
HSCF’s Hunter’s Horn™ magazine has been recognized as a Gold Award Winner, in the Consumer Magazine category, by the Davey Awards-the highest honor given by these annual awards! HSCF extends it congratulations and sincere appreciation to Carla Nielsen, HSCF Marketing & Publications Manager, Jeff Birmingham and his team at Alliance Printing & Graphics and Madavor Media, HSCF’s editing and compilation partner, for their diligent efforts in making HSCF’s magazine a multiple award winner and the premier magazine in the outdoor space.
The Daveys are judged and overseen by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA). The AIVA is an invitation-only member-based organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.
Current membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Spotify, Majestyk, Big Spaceship, Nissan, Tinder, Conde Nast, Disney, Microsoft, GE Digital, JP Morgan, PGA Tour, Wired, and many others.
About the Davey Awards
The Davey Awards exclusively honor the “Davids” of creativity, the finest small shops, firms, agencies, and companies worldwide. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock – the sort of thing small agencies do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the “Creative Davids”, who derive their strength from big ideas rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller agencies as they compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve.
About Houston Safari Club Foundation’s Worldwide Hunting Expo & Convention
February 4-6, 2022: A three-day immersive experience for the outdoor enthusiast featuring hunting and fishing outfitters, hunting gear, clothing, firearms, artwork, jewelry and more from around the world! Attend the banquets, fun-filled events offering opportunities to meet and greet fellow hunters and purchase incredible auction items. Get your tickets and book hotel rooms today at hscfdn.org/convention/attendees/.
HSC Applauds Passing of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). This bill will help provide over $40 billion in funding to support fish and wildlife habitat conservation projects, enhance public access to our federal public lands, and promote job creation. Included within the Act is the reauthorization of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, ensuring that more than $650 million annually is provided to state fish and wildlife agencies for local fish habitat conservation as well as boating and fishing access, through excise taxes generated by anglers and boaters; establishing a grant program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and to enhance habitat connectivity, authorizing $350 million over 5 years to help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and help restore habitat connectivity for many species; provide increased financial resources to help the U.S. Forest Service reduce a 1.3 million acre planting backlog by removing the cap on the Reforestation Trust Fund; increased access to federal lands, authorizing $2.1 billion over 5 years to improve infrastructure owned and maintained by the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Army Corps of Engineers; and the restoration of abandoned mine lands, providing over $11 billion to reclaim mines with the ultimate goal of restoring habitat for upland birds, elk, deer, and other important wildlife species.
Opposition to the Petition Submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council to Ban Trade in Wild Mammals and Birds
Houston Safari Club joined other conservation organizations in opposing an anti-hunting petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council. An excerpt from this opposition: we strongly oppose the petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban trade in wild mammals and birds. The petition is intentionally void of the many conservation and economic benefits that international hunting provides, and it predatorily capitalizes on the COVID-19 pandemic to misrepresent the sporting community and its stakeholders. Especially concerning is the fact that the petition is blind to decades of conservation efforts funded by legal, regulated sport hunting that have led to the survival and sustainability of countless wildlife species – safeguarding biodiversity and providing associated ecosystem services in the process. Additionally, the authority of our nation’s state fish and wildlife agencies would be undermined should this petition be implemented, preventing efforts that have historically saved species and habitats from eradication. Considering the numerous positive benefits that result from the import and export of wild animals and their parts and products because of hunting, it becomes more disturbing that the petitioners would seek to irreparably harm a valuable method of both domestic and international conservation. For these reasons, we urge the Department of the Interior (DOI) to reject the CBD/NRDC petition.
Resilient Federal Forests Act (RFFA)
HSC, in alignment with several other conservation organizations, endorses the U.S. Forest Service’s effort to purchase the Korea Alaska Development Company’s coal title in the Bering River drainage of the Copper River Delta. Included in this request are the following: keeping a portion of Exxon Valdez funding available for habitat conservation in the 2010 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; conducting a “link to injury” determination in 2016 about Bering River’s fish, wildlife, and human services being fully eligible for Exxon Valdez funds; expanding the Exxon Valdez spill region to include the entire Copper River Delta (2020) including Bering River; and support for the Land & Water Conservation Fund being used to help complete the purchase of the Bering River coal field for inclusion in the Chugach National Forest.
Cottonwood Fix
In alignment with several conservation organizations, HSC requested that Congress take immediate action to address harmful and unnecessary delays in federal forest management activities caused by the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. United States Forest Service (Cottonwood) decision. Since 2015 when the Ninth Circuit Court issued the Cottonwood ruling, the Forest Service (USFS) has been required to reinitiate consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Land Management and Forest Management Plans at the programmatic level when new Endangered Species Act (ESA) information became known. This has blocked and slowed many essential USFS forest management, wildlife habitat enhancement, and wildfire fuel reduction projects.
Martha Williams, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service
HSC was included in a letter of support for Martha Williams to serve as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Prior to her nomination, Williams worked for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, serving as Director from 2017 to 2020. In this position, she demonstrated a strong commitment to solving complex wildlife problems while also balancing the management of Montana’s extensive public lands and its diverse users. As a former director, Williams understands the important roles of state fish and wildlife agencies. Additionally, Williams served at the Department of the Interior as Deputy Solicitor for Parks and Wildlife between 2011 and 2013, providing legal counsel to the Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Her experiences in state and federal government position her well to deal with the complex challenges of fisheries and wildlife management and conservation that we are currently facing. Williams has a proven track record of working across the aisle to achieve robust conservation outcomes. Further, she has always sought the input of hunter and angler-conservationists and utilized their guidance to inform important policy decisions. For these reasons, we urge your committee to advance Martha Williams’ confirmation, so that the Senate may quickly act to confirm her for this critical position.
Houston Safari Club (HSC) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to legislative and policy initiatives that may affect the future of hunting. HSC supports initiatives that protect the tradition of hunting and hunters’ rights. We take an active role in efforts to effect policy, protocols, and legislation. Our mission is to protect the rights of hunters and the hunting heritage through advocacy, policy, and legislation. Houston Safari Club (HSC) is a non-profit organization, exempt from federal income tax, under section 501(c)(4) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Payments to HSC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Please contact your tax advisor concerning deductibility of any payments as business deductions. HSC EIN: 76-0082197. HSC is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization.
(Houston, TX- September 28, 2021) Houston Safari Club Foundation, as part of its efforts to support the future of hunting, shooting sports, conservation and youth education, recently awarded $18,500 in grants in September.
Grants were provided to Texas Wildlife Association in support of their Texas youth hunting program. Funds were also assigned to support HSCF’s annual Veterans Hunting Program.
About Houston Safari Club Foundation
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation, and the promotion of our hunting heritage. HSCF has awarded 550 scholarships totaling $2.5 million dollars. HSCF conducts youth outdoor education programs, career training, hunter education and field experiences throughout the year. HSCF has provided over $4 million in grants for hunter-funded wildlife, habitat, and various conservation initiatives. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization. Visit our website at wehuntwegive.org or call 713.623.8844 for more information. HSCF. We Hunt. We Give.
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a non-profit organization, exempt from federal income tax, under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The charitable deduction for contributions to HSCF is the cash amount of the contribution, less the value of goods and services received, to the extent permitted by law. HSCF EIN 74-2177975. Please contact your tax advisor concerning deductibility of any payments as business deductions. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization.
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MarCom is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization, founded in 1995, consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital and web professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs, provides judges, and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the community.
