Surface Transportation Bill Provides Opportunities for Improving Fishing and Hunting

As Congress begins shaping the next Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, leading U.S. hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations, including the American Fisheries Society, are proud to unveil a united platform: “Hunt and Fish Priorities for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill.”

The Surface Transportation bill represents an opportunity to advance several priorities for the broader sporting community ranging from enhanced public access and wildlife connectivity. The platform acknowledges these opportunities and builds upon recent bipartisan support for integrating wildlife connectivity and habitat restoration efforts into surface transportation programming to achieve common sense co-benefits including increasing motorist safety, reducing travel delays, enhancing the structural integrity of the nation’s transportation infrastructure, and creating good paying jobs.

Millions of hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts across the country depend on healthy habitat and accessible public lands and waters and the hunting and fishing community strongly support initiatives that integrate wildlife connectivity, habitat restoration, and disaster resilience into the nation’s transportation framework.  

Read the Hunt and Fish Priorities for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill HERE