Posted on 06/23/2023 6:17:54 AM PDT by CFW
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is moving ahead with prohibitions on the type of equipment hunters are allowed to use on federal refuges, a move strongly opposed by sportsmen groups.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its 2023-2024 hunting and fishing rule — an annual plan laying out regulations for the upcoming hunting season — banning cost-effective lead ammunition and fishing tackle across eight national wildlife refuges by 2026. Such an action has been supported by eco groups, but opposed by hunters, who argue that it could serve as a backdoor attack on hunting broadly.
"This is the latest example of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service creating rules that punish hunters, threaten conservation funding and advance special interests without sound scientific evidence that traditional lead ammunition cause is causing detrimental wildlife population impacts," said Lawrence Keane, the senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
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In 2021, the Center for Biological Diversity — an influential environmental group with assets exceeding $40 million that advocates for stringent federal wildlife protections — sued the federal government over a Trump administration rule expanding hunting and fishing on 2.3 million acres across 147 wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries.
Instead of defending the rule, the Biden administration asked the court to delay proceedings in the case in February 2022, and in November it agreed to a settlement with the group that stipulated the government would take wide-ranging steps to protect wildlife "harmed by expanded hunting and fishing" on national wildlife refuges.
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Hunters and fishermen eat MEAT, so the bidenite climate jockeys need to stop them!!!!
PHOOEY!!!!
Copper solids work just fine.
“The 2nd Amendment isn’t about hunting.It’s not even about personal protection.It’s about ordinary Americans being able to defend themselves against all enemies...foreign and domestic.”
Correct, that is what the 2nd amendment is about. HOWEVER, repealing the 2nd amendment is about hunting as well.
1) Obviously if you can’t have guns then you can’t hunt with guns.
2) Not so obvious, if they want to control the food they don’t want you hunting.
Just applies to federal land
By design Laws are meant to be broken and often..
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