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Trump Orders Expand Hunting, Fishing on Federal Lands

Trump Orders Expand Hunting, Fishing on Federal Lands

Above: U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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