The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has welcomed President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage,” citing its focus on protecting traditional ammunition and expanding public land access.

NSSF President and CEO Joe Bartozzi attended the Rose Garden unveiling of the order. He stated the administration is embracing commonsense policies to promote hunting and shooting sports across America.

Key Provisions

The executive order addresses several NSSF-priority issues:

• Protects the use of traditional ammunition and fishing tackle.
• Opens public land access through cooperative agreements with private landowners.
• Increases Sunday hunting opportunities on federal and state lands.
• Establishes an “open until closed” provision for public lands.

Conservation Funding Context

The source highlights the financial contribution of the industry to conservation efforts via the Pittman-Robertson excise tax.

NSSF opposes bans on traditional ammunition lacking peer-reviewed science establishing adverse wildlife impacts. The group argues that alternative ammunition requirements are several times more expensive, potentially pricing hunters out of the sport.

What the Numbers Show

The data indicates a heavy reliance on industry-funded mechanisms for conservation financing. Of the $1.3 billion apportioned to states in February 2026, $804 million was directly sourced from excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition manufacturers. This suggests that nearly two-thirds of this specific disbursement cycle depends directly on the continued commercial activity of the sector the NSSF represents.