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Sportsmen Oppose House Bills Threatening Public Lands

Two bills being voted upon this week by the U.S. House of Representatives would undermine leasing reforms intended to balance energy development activities on public lands, require a set percentage of nominated acres to be offered for lease regardless of potential impacts to fish and wildlife, and limit the federal government’s ability to conserve public lands resources important to hunters and anglers, Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development announced Nov.19.

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Coalition Asks Attorney General for Action to End Impasse over 'Sporting Purposes' Exemption for Non-Lead Ammunition

A coalition of organizations led by NSSF and representing millions of sportsmen and women has written U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to request that the Justice Department, through ATF, finalize and begin to implement the necessary policy to apply the “sporting purposes” exemption to the definition of armor-piercing ammunition set forth in the Gun Control Act of 1968.

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Interior Secretary’s Emphasis on Responsible Public Lands Management Draws Praise from Sportsmen

Sportsmen’s priorities for the management of America’s public lands and waters figured prominently in remarks made Oct. 31 by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership applauding Jewell’s calls to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, protect the nation’s special places, and uphold economic sectors dependent on federal public lands.

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