An Interior Department hunting advisory committee is preparing to revisit the future of lead ammunition on national wildlife refuges.
For members and kibitzers of Interior’s Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, the new agenda schedule revealed Tuesday sets the stage for a lively debate that will also shed light on the Trump administration’s policies, as well as its attitude toward advisory committees in general.
“As the council is amid a transition with the new administration, I would expect that this will be a kick-off meeting of sorts with the Council getting introduced to the key folks within the administration and charting a bit of a course for the coming year,” John Devney, chief policy officer for North Dakota-based Delta Waterfowl, said Tuesday.
Devney will be serving as chair for the session, the hunting panel’s first scheduled meeting since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The July 23 meeting will include what the Fish and Wildlife Service described Tuesday as an update on “continued implementation of its initiative” to encourage use of lead-free ammunition on refuges.
