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THE WHITE HOUSE 

Office of the Press Secretary 
(Crawford, Texas) 
­  
For Immediate Release                            August 17, 2007 


EXECUTIVE ORDER 

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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. 

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