Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinvigorates America’s Hunting Heritage

Summary: This is a White House fact sheet accompanying the hunting-access executive order (summarized in an earlier document), providing additional context and background. Order provisions recap: Expands hunting on select federal lands, directs agencies to reform access policies (infrastructure repair, volunteer wildlife management, assistive technology for disabled hunters, traditional ammunition), unlock landlocked land parcels via easements and exchanges, reform river access lotteries to prioritize U.S. citizens, streamline migratory bird hunting rules, encourage Sunday hunting, boost youth/veteran hunting programs, coordinate game species management with states, and expand wild game donation programs. Broader administration context on land/conservation policy: Notes Trump's first-term Great American Outdoors Act, described as the largest public lands investment in U.S. history since Theodore Roosevelt, along with designation of 1.3 million new wilderness acres and 1,645 miles of new trails. Cites a series of 2025–2026 deregulatory actions: opening federal lands for energy development, rescinding NEPA regulations via the Council on Environmental Quality, establishing the Make America Beautiful Again Commission (July 2025) with a midterm report issued July 2026, rescinding the Bureau of Land Management's Public Lands Rule (May 2026), a May 2026 order easing federal land access restrictions, and an August 2026 USDA action rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule affecting nearly 45 million acres of National Forest land. Note: This is an administration-authored release; the framing and characterization of prior administrations' policies as "overreach" reflects the administration's perspective.