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President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday loosening restrictions on hunting across federal lands, announcing it at a White House Rose Garden event with hunters, anglers and outdoor industry figures.
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Shop NowThe order, titled “Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage,” opens two national monuments to hunting: Craters of the Moon in Idaho and Castle Mountains in southern California.
It also protects what Trump described as “affordable, traditional lead ammunition,” a long-running point of contention among hunting and conservation groups.
Beyond the monuments, the order directs agencies to pursue easements and land exchanges to open access to landlocked parcels of federal land, to use volunteers in invasive species and wildlife management, and to review high-demand river access lotteries on Forest Service land within 60 days.
It also calls for removing barriers to wildlife movement and improving habitat connectivity, and for managing invasive species and predators.
Outdoor Life reported the order sets deadlines of between 60 and 365 days for the changes it directs, so most of its practical effect will arrive well after signing.
Trump, addressing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at the event about one of the order’s provisions, said: “I don’t know what the hell that means, but I know you wanted it and I’m here for you.”
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