{"id":128233,"date":"2020-05-04T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=128233"},"modified":"2024-08-03T20:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:51:47","slug":"hunt365-interiors-2-3-million-acre-public-access-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-interiors-2-3-million-acre-public-access-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF: Interior’s 2.3 Million-Acre Public Access Expansion Boon for Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Larry Keane <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

America\u2019s hunting heart is getting a whole lot more room to roam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of the Department of the Interior David Bernhardt announced<\/strong><\/a> a public hunting and fishing access plan of historic proportions. Sec. Bernhardt is proposing a rule that would open 2.3 million acres to hunting and fishing at 97 national wildlife refuges and nine national fish hatcheries. It\u2019s the largest ever expansion of public hunting and fishing opportunities in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For hunters, it is a welcome announcement that America\u2019s heart is wild, open and welcomes the contributions of conservation-minded hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal dramatically increased hunting opportunities across the country. It increases hunting on National Wildlife Refuges to 399 locations and will open hunting and fishing on nine units of National Fish Hatchery Systems lands. When totaled up as one species at one station in one state, it\u2019s nearly 900 distinct new hunting and fishing opportunities. Those opportunities will be in just about every corner of the country too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New and Expanded Opportunities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n