Public lands belong to the American people, and hunters and anglers finally have a president who acts like it. The "Reinvigorating America's Hunting Heritage" order throws open more than 92 million acres, scraps the Biden-era lead ammo and tackle bans and puts veterans and school archery programs first. Access should be the presumption on federal land, not a favor handed out by bureaucrats.
There have to be fish in order to go fishing, and there have to be wolves and whales alive for this heritage to mean anything. Cranking up access while stocks decline, overfishing goes unmanaged and released fish die by the millions is a recipe for empty water. Gutting the Endangered Species Act's definitions of harm and take just hands industry a pass and leaves future hunters with nothing to hunt.
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