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citizens and should be managed accordingly. Furthermore, proponents highlight that S.O. 3356 will further conservation
interests and guarantee these activities are safeguarded and promoted sustainably. Others criticize S.O. 3356, by stating
that HFRS activities are already included in existing multiple-use land management practices and that S.O. 3356 seeks
to distract from other activities that could diminish environmental protection of federal lands, such as increasing energy
and mineral production and altering national monuments.
Table 1. Selected Activities to Facilitate Hunting and Fishing on Federal LandsDate
Event
Description
August 16, 2007 E.O. 13443 issued by
President George W.
BushApril 16, 2010
March 2, 2017
September 15,
2017Presidential
Memorandum issued
by President Barack
Obama
S.O. 3347 issued by
DOI Secretary Ryan
Zinke
S.O. 3356 issued by
DOI Secretary Ryan
ZinkeE.O. 13443 directed federal agencies to facilitate
the expansion and enhancement of hunting
opportunities, called for a Conference on North
American Wildlife Policy, and required publication
of a Recreational Hunting and Wildlife
Conservation Plan.
Memorandum established the America's Great
Outdoors Initiative aimed at promoting
conservation and reconnecting Americans with the
outdoors and called for the publication of an action
plan as well as progress reports in 2011 and 2012.
S.O. 3347 sought to enhance conservation
stewardship; increase outdoor recreation; and
improve the management of game species and their
habitat by assessing implementation of E.O. 13443.
S.O. 3356 continued the Department of the
Interior's efforts to enhance conservation
stewardship; increase outdoor recreation
opportunities; and improve the management of
game species and their habitats.Hunting and Fishing
S.O. 3356 describes hunting and fishing activities as steeped in tradition and integral to conservation. Survey data
showed diverging trends for participation in these areas in recent years (see Figure 1 below). These results are from a
national survey sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessing hunting, fishing, and wildlife-associated
recreation. Preliminary data showed a decrease in hunting participation of 2.2 million individuals (16%) between 2011
and 2016 and an increase in fishing participation of 2.6 million individuals (8%) over the same period. Longer-term
trends for hunting and fishing show fluctuation in participation, making it difficult to ascertain trends (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Trends in Hunting and Fishing Participation,
1996-2016
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