[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 67051-67052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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