Presidential Document2023-21650
National Hunting and Fishing Day, 2023
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Published
September 28, 2023
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September 22, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21650]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10630 of September 22, 2023
National Hunting and Fishing Day, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's natural wonders are the heart and soul of our
Nation, and the tens of millions of Americans who hunt
and fish have often led the fight to conserve them. On
National Hunting and Fishing Day, we recommit to the
work of conservation and celebrate the place that
hunting and fishing hold in our national story,
embodying the American spirit of adventure and
resourcefulness.
Hunting and fishing have long been a way of life and a
cherished pastime in our Nation, and central to the
cultures and livelihoods of Tribal Nations. From day
one, I have taken historic steps to conserve the lands
and waters that these activities rely on and to ensure
our public lands are available to every American.
In my first week as President, I signed an Executive
Order establishing our country's most ambitious
conservation goal ever: to conserve or restore at least
30 percent of our Nation's lands and waters by 2030. In
just my first year in office, we protected more
territory than any President since John F. Kennedy. We
have protected iconic and sacred places from Alaska's
Tongass Forest to Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monuments--all as part of our ``America the Beautiful''
initiative to support locally led conservation and
restoration work. In addition, we have expanded access
for hunting and fishing on over two million acres of
land within our national wildlife refuge system, the
largest such expansion in recent history. Working
together with the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation
Council, the Departments of Agriculture and the
Interior are pursuing further improvements to hunters'
and anglers' access to public lands and waters.
At the same time, climate change poses an existential
threat to wildlife and their habitats. Longer heatwaves
and droughts, more unpredictable storms, and more
devastating wildfires make hunting and fishing tougher
and far riskier. We have fought to change that. Through
the landmark Inflation Reduction Act, my Administration
is making the biggest investment in combating the
climate crisis in the history of the world by
strengthening clean energy, advancing environmental
justice, and shoring up communities' resilience to
extreme weather, ensuring that hunting and fishing can
sustainably continue as they have for generations.
It is simple: Hunting and fishing are part of who we
are as Americans--central to our history, heritage, and
prosperity and ingrained in the soul of our Nation.
Protecting the natural resources that allow hunting and
fishing are also an important part of upholding our
sacred trust, treaty, and subsistence responsibilities
to Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities. On
National Hunting and Fishing Day, we honor these
profound contributions and recommit to working together
with sportsmen and sportswomen, land owners, State
officials, local leaders, and Tribal Nations to
safeguard our great outdoors for the ages.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 23,
2023,
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as National Hunting and Fishing Day. I call upon all
Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs
and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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[FR Doc. 2023-21650
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