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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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67052 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2023 / Presidential Documents 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21650 

Filed 9–27–23; 11:15 am] 

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