Historic access wins and conservation funding advances are reshaping the future of America’s hunting and fishing opportunities. The biggest hunting and fishing access expansion in U.S. history just landed, and the implications for sportsmen across the country are massive. This week’s Sportsmen’s Voice Roundup breaks down the Department of the Interior’s proposal to expand more than 1,400 hunting and angling opportunities across National Wildlife Refuges in 32 states. Listeners get a ground-level look at what expanded public land access means for waterfowl hunting, turkey hunting, freshwater fishing, and long-term wildlife management. The conversation also digs into the reauthorization of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, one of the most important conservation funding mechanisms supporting fisheries conservation, boating infrastructure, and aquatic habitat restoration nationwide. If you care about the future of fishing, public access, and state-led fish and wildlife conservation, this segment explains why the highway bill matters far beyond Washington politics. Additional updates cover Alaska’s legislative victories for hunters and guides, Louisiana’s movement on sportsmen privacy protections, and New Hampshire’s ongoing discussion surrounding hunting and fishing license fee increases. The episode closes with a preview of CSF’s Hunt Fish 250 campaign celebrating America’s outdoor heritage and the freedom to hunt and fish. Follow the show for more weekly hunting and fishing conversations shaping the future of the outdoors. Get the FREE Sportsmen’s Voice e-publication in your inbox every Monday: www.congressionalsportsmen.org/newsletter Follow The Sportsmen’s Voice wherever you get your podcasts: https://podfollow.com/1705085498 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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