President Bush ... Hunting Opportunities

                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           Office of the Press Secretary
                                  August 17, 2007

                                                                     Executive Order:
                              Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby
ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this order is to direct Federal agencies that have programs and activities that have a
measurable effect on public land management, outdoor recreation, and wildlife management, including the Department of the
Interior and the Department of Agriculture, to facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and the
management of game species and their habitat.

Sec. 2. Federal Activities. Federal agencies shall, consistent with agency missions:

(a) Evaluate the effect of agency actions on trends in hunting participation and, where appropriate to address declining
trends, implement actions that expand and enhance hunting opportunities for the public;

(b) Consider the economic and recreational values of hunting in agency actions, as appropriate;

(c) Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities,
including through the use of hunting in wildlife management planning;

(d) Work collaboratively with State governments to manage and conserve game species and their habitats in a manner that
respects private property rights and State management authority over wildlife resources;

(e) Establish short and long term goals, in cooperation with State and tribal governments, and consistent with agency
missions, to foster healthy and productive populations of game species and appropriate opportunities for the public to hunt
those species;

(f) Ensure that agency plans and actions consider programs and recommendations of comprehensive planning efforts such
as State Wildlife Action Plans, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and other range-wide management plans for
big game and upland game birds;

(g) Seek the advice of State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, and, as appropriate, consult with the Sporting Conservation
Council and other organizations, with respect to the foregoing Federal activities.

Sec. 3. North American Wildlife Policy Conference. The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (Chairman) shall, in
coordination with the appropriate Federal agencies and in consultation with the Sporting Conservation Council and in
cooperation with State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies and the public, convene not later than 1 year after the date of this
order, and periodically thereafter at such times as the Chairman deems appropriate, a White House Conference on North
American Wildlife Policy (Conference) to facilitate the exchange of information and advice relating to the means for achieving
the goals of this order.

Sec. 4. Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan. The Chairman shall prepare, consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordination with the appropriate Federal agencies and in
consultation with the Sporting Conservation Council, and in cooperation with State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, not
later than 1 year following the conclusion of the Conference, a comprehensive Recreational Hunting and Wildlife
Conservation Plan that incorporates existing and ongoing activities and sets forth a 10 year agenda for fulfilling the actions
identified in section 2 of this order.

Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, trust responsibility, or privilege,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies,
instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 16, 2007.

PRESIDENT
DIRECTS
AGENCIES TO
INCREASE
HUNTING
OPPORTUNITIES

President Bush on
Friday issued an
executive order
titled
"The Facilitation
of Hunting and
Wildlife
Conservation."

The order directs
federal agencies
that have
programs and
activities that
have a
measurable effect
on public land
management,
outdoor
recreation and
wildlife
management,
including the
Department of the
Interior and the
Department of
Agriculture, to
facilitate the
expansion and
enhancement of
hunting
opportunities and
the management
of game species
and their habitats.