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President Trump holding a signed presidential action

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Day 606

2 documented wins

Day 606Family

America’s hunting heritage reopened

The win

A second order the same day told Interior to open hunting, within 90 days, on species not listed under the ESA at Castle Mountains and Craters of the Moon national monuments. War, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce have 180 days to expand hunting, fishing, and shooting access on federal land — open unless a specific closure is justified — including easements onto checkerboarded parcels, traditional ammunition, and assistive gear for disabled hunters. Agriculture has 60 days to reform Forest Service river-access lotteries; Interior is to streamline migratory-bird seasons and push Sunday hunting on cooperating state land.

For Americans

A kid who can hunt with a parent on Sunday on public ground is how the sport does not die in a permitting office. Open unless closed is the opposite of a monument that is a park in name and a lock in practice.

Day 606Economy

Saltwater angling and recreation restored

The win

Trump signed an order directing Commerce, Interior, Agriculture, and the Army to treat recreational saltwater fishing as a federal priority. Commerce has 180 days to revise Magnuson-Stevens National Standards for recreational fisheries, 30 days to start suspending rules that choke marine infrastructure, and a year to field a single permit portal. Charter operators get a path to multi-year permits; NOAA is to stand up an Outer Continental Shelf reef-in-place program and a real-time depredation reporting protocol. Outdoor recreation is more than $1.2 trillion a year and more than 5 million jobs.

For Americans

A captain who re-applies for the same dock every season is not running a business — he is running a lottery. Multi-year permits and a rebuilt reef are how a Saturday charter stays on the water.

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