Posted on 06/18/2019 7:58:59 AM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump isn’t much of an outdoorsman, aside from golf.
But maybe more than any president since Teddy Roosevelt, he understands the importance of others getting outside to boat, hunt, fish, shoot, and hike and their demands for access to federal lands and waterways.
“He’s basically said, ‘Git-R-Done,'” said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who is spearheading the opening of 1.4 million acres and elimination of 7,500 regulations limiting access.
“The president fundamentally gets that hunters and anglers are the true conservationists in our society. He understands that history and that we need to act in efforts to expand hunting and fishing while at the same time being respectful of private land rights, respectful of state law,” added Bernhardt.
Part of the effort also aims at harmonizing federal and state hunting and fishing regulations, commonly a complex maze. “You’ve got to be a lawyer to figure out if you can hunt or can't hunt,” said Bernhardt, a former board member on the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Wildlife conservation groups are buzzing about the new access.
“This announcement will benefit America’s sportsmen and -women by providing access to prime hunting and fishing areas,” said Christy Plumer, chief conservation officer for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
“We are glad to see that recreational public access was identified as a top priority,” said Howard Vincent, president and CEO of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
National Forest are dictatorships...the head ranger pretty much does what he wants...
When i lived in Colorado some National Forest were of limits to almost amything but hiking
Other ones had lots of access..snowmobiles and dirt bikes..ect
The less access the less the Head Ranger had to do..
Cue the Obama judge with an injunction.
“The president fundamentally gets that hunters and anglers are the true conservationists in our society.”
That’s gonna troll the proggie PETA pot-bangers big time.
Go, President Trump!
There shouldn’t be any National Forest. These assets belong to the states in which they lie.
Good one. Ha ha. I’d have no problem with Reagan and POTUS up there.
“elimination of 7,500 regulations limiting access”
Beautiful.
Awesome. Now open ANWR.
Gonna look for a t shirt with that...
Looks good. Git ‘er done! He deserves it.
But perhaps we could find a mountainside along the I-95 corridor between DC and NYC, also visible from AMTRAK, upon which we could just erect a statue of Trump in a suit and tie, in proportions similar to the Christ statue in South America. Lib heads would be exploding in perpetuity! Or do BOTH.
IF he wanted to do something truly meaningful, he would do something about the ban on hearing protection sound suppressors.
How can there be 7,500 regulations for anything?
I know there are that many and more though and that is what makes it so absurd.
They’ve always allowed hunting here in the Mark Twain National Forest in MO Ozarks. I live right on the edge of it and it’s grand central station for two weeks every fall for deer firearm season.
Now those buckeyes can hunt in their own state, God Bless ‘em.
Great news!
And get wolves and grizzlies available for hunting.
Good one. Ha ha. I’d have no problem with Reagan and POTUS up there.
I don’t either lodi......;)
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