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(6/5/19) OAK HARBOR, Ohio: Trump administration plans major expansion of hunting and fishing in protected US wildlife refuges - http://www.fox5atlanta.com/web/waga...nd-fishing-in-protected-us-wildlife-refuges-1
- Trump administration proposed major expansion of opening up federally protected land for hunting and fishing in the nation's wildlife refuges
- Plan affects 1.4 million acres on federal public lands including 74 national wildlife refuges
- Proposal would allow hunting and fishing for the first time at 15 national fish hatcheries.
- Proposed expansion at sites in 46 states would allow hunting in 382 wildlife refuges while fishing would be allowed at 316 locations.
- The plan is to finalize the proposal by September after public comment.