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Policy Letters Archive

AFS Calls for Continued Protection of Boundary Waters from Mining

January 20, 2026 Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of the undersigned hunting and fishing conservation organizations representing hundreds of thousands of members and supporters, we write to share our concern regarding H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution which would revoke critical protections for the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a world-class fishing and hunting destination averaging over 150,000 visitors annually, and overturn existing precedent for the management of our nation’s public lands. The

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January 21, 2026

Proposed Rule Would Undermine Science-based Endangered Species Act

December 22, 2025 Public Comments ProcessingU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W5275 Leesburg PikeFalls Church, VA 22041-3803 Via Regulations.gov Re: Docket Numbers: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation, and Designating Critical Habitat; Docket Numbers:, FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0039; NMFS-251105-0168; FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0044; NMFS-251105-0167; FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0029; and FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0048 Dear Sir or Madam: The American Fisheries Society (AFS) respectfully submits the following comments in response to the proposed rule, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for

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December 23, 2025

AFS Calls for Extension to WOTUS Comment Period

November 21, 2025 Stacey Jensen Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division Office of Water (4504-T) Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 CWAwotus@epa.gov Milton Boyd Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Department of the Army 108 Army Pentagon Washington, DC 20310–0104 usarmy.pentagon.hqda-asa-cw.mbx.asa-cwreporting@army.mil Submitted via email and to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2025- 0322 via regulations.gov and OW-Docket@epa.gov To Whom It May Concern: The undersigned organizations request that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army

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November 21, 2025

AFS Urges Continued Use of Best Available Science in Federal Marine Fisheries Management

October 10, 2025 Ms. Kelly DenitDirector, Office of Sustainable FisheriesNOAA National Marine Fisheries ServiceTransmitted via email: nmfs.seafoodstrategy@noaa.gov Re: Executive Order 14276, Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness Dear Ms. Denit: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Executive Order 14276, Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness. AFS is the world’s oldest and largest professional society of scientists, industry, and natural resource managers working in the fields of fisheries and aquatic sciences. The society works to enhance knowledge and promote the sustainability of fishery

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October 10, 2025

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