By the end of the Clinton administration, 311 of the 540 National Wildlife Refuges allowed hunting and 280 allowed trapping, even as 78% of U.S. vice president Al Gore to succeed him, opened more National Wildlife Refuges to hunting than any previous president. president Bill Clinton, boosting the unsuccessful effort of then-U.S. 2363 many of the ideas that her predecessor John Edwards in 2007 incorporated into a proposed Hunting & Fishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities that would give hunters vastly more access to federal land.īut such ploys scarcely originated with Edwards. 2363 “a purely political act for vulnerable Democrats, to throw a bone to the extremist segment of the trophy hunting lobby.” (Beth Clifton collage) Throwing a bone to the hunting lobby Department of the Interior to ban lead shot from 160 million acres of federal lands managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance nonetheless remain adamantly opposed to further restrictions on lead shot, in opposition to HSUS, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, who on Jjointly asked the U.S. The National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Federation, and U.S. Army is reportedly already phasing out lead ammo. Countless hunters have readily made the switch to steel, copper, bismuth, and other forms of less toxic ammunition.” California in 2013 passed legislation requiring a phase-out of lead ammunition. Bush required non-lead ammunition for all waterfowl hunting in 1991,” Pacelle said, “and for more than two decades hunters have used it for duck and goose hunting. Each year, an estimated 10 to 20 million birds and other animals––from more than 130 species––die from lead poisoning, either by ingesting lead shot or fragments directly, or by feeding on prey contaminated with fragments of lead ammunition. Lead poisoning is known to be the leading cause of death for endangered California condors. Lead is a known toxic metal,” Pacelle reminded, “that threatens hunters who consume wild animals and also threatens wild animals who incidentally consume prey with lead. “Finally,” Pacelle said, “the bill would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating lead ammunition. The apportionment bills are the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act Reauthorization, and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization.Ĭalifornia condor. The giveaway bills include the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, the Hunting, Fishing & Recreation Shooting Protection Act, the Target Practice & Marksmanship Training Support Act, the Polar Bear Conservation & Fairness Act, and the Recreational Fishing & Hunting Heritage Opportunities Act. Three are apportionment bills, funding ongoing federal programs. Five give special privileges to hunters and hunter recruitment efforts. 2363 rolls into a single omnibus bill eight pieces of legislation which earlier were introduced separately. Roosevelt and Harry Truman had held the White House for 20 years. Posing often with hunting weapons, Eisenhower won by a landslide over reputed pro-animal candidate Adlai Stevenson, after nonhunters Franklin D. The long answer is that the Democratic Party is still smarting, albeit largely unawares, over the 1952 loss of the U.S. Eisenhower hunted mostly during duck season.
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