With the Biden administration prohibiting lead ammunition and tackle usage on 18 newly-opened U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) lands, conservation groups vow to fight back.
Tying public lands openings to future lead bans is already fomenting distrust between conservation stakeholders and this administration.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms and ammunition trade association, is opposing the rule consistent with their longstanding position to fight perennial lead bans.
“It was not a surprise,” Mark Oliva, managing director of public affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said. “There have been efforts made in the past by previous administrations — by special interest groups — to limit the use of traditional ammunition on public lands.”