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President Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at expanding hunting and fishing access on federal lands. The orders direct agencies to roll back restrictions and explore the use of traditional lead ammunition.
Why it matters
The policy shift reflects a broader administration push to increase recreational use of public lands, sparking debate over environmental and conservation standards.
Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to expand hunting and fishing on Thursday which, he told a gathering of outdoor industry leaders in the White House Rose Garden, mean “opening up millions of acres of federal land for our hunters and fishers.”
The orders seek to expand fresh and saltwater fishing and direct the secretary of the interior and other federal agencies to find ways to expand hunting, including of species not subject to certain endangered protection laws, within 90 days.
Those agencies will then have 180 days to propose rollbacks to federal restrictions against hunting and fishing on federal land and to find ways to expand using that land for recreation.
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