Texas BASS Federation Nation provides conservation leadership by developing and supporting actions to protect, improve, and sustain quality aquatic resources and user access. BASS Federation takes their role seriously as they continue to improve fishing through education, partnerships, communication, and strong advocacy for sport fishing and sound natural resource management.

Anglers are often not aware of the many threats there are to the sport until they are affected personally. Threats only become a reality when the vegetation disappears from our favorite lake as the result of an "Integrated Vegetation Management Plan" or, the lake we grew up fishing is closed to the public for years at a time. What if you learned that the lake or river that you have been fishing since a child suddenly had a fish consumption ban placed on it as a result of dangerous levels of harmful chemicals?

These are all examples of things that are happening in Texas right now! As members of the angling community, it is very important that we be aware of the threats to our sport and be ready to stand up and fight for our rights as fishermen/women and protect the resources that are so vital to our sports survival.

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