Fishing and hunting are cherished pastimes enjoyed by millions each year. But a perennial effort to ban lead would make it harder for Americans to recreate on our public lands.
Despite touting hook and bullet activities, the Biden administration is potentially settling with Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to undo the expansion of 2.2 million National Wildlife Refuge lands opened in 2020 to new hunting and fishing opportunities. More troubling, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may cede to the radical organization’s demands to ban lead use under the guise of protecting endangered or threatened species. A bill from Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) similarly echoes this goal.
With more Americans finding refuge in the Great Outdoors in response to the pandemic, however, this shortsighted effort would roll back these monumental gains.