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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">For Immediate Release August 17, 2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States of America</st1:country-region></st1:place>, it is hereby ordered as follows:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <U>Section</U> <U>1</U>. <U>Purpose</U>. 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <U>Sec</U>. <U>2</U>. <U>Federal Activities</U>. Federal agencies shall, consistent with agency missions:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (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;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (b) Consider the economic and recreational values of hunting in agency actions, as appropriate;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (c) Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands <A name=OLE_LINK3></A><A name=OLE_LINK4></A>in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife management planning;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (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;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (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;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (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;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> (g) Seek the advice of State and tribal fish and wildlife agencies, and, as appropriate, consult with the <A name=OLE_LINK1></A><A name=OLE_LINK2></A>Sporting Conservation Council and other organizations, with respect to the foregoing Federal activities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <U>Sec</U>. <U>3</U>. <U>North American Wildlife Policy Conference</U>. 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">existing and ongoing activities and sets forth a 10‑year agenda for fulfilling the actions identified in section 2 of this order.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <U>Sec</U>. <U>5</U>. <U>Judicial Review</U>. 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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