'This Administration continues to be a champion for America’s sportsmen, wildlife and wild places,' Safari Club International CEO W. Laird Hamberlin said.
Among the areas opening to hunting and fishing for the first time are the 4 ½ square miles at the Leadville National Fish Hatchery in central Colorado.
The Department of the Interior will not approve any seismic testing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Reserve before oil and gas leases are sold this year.