Lead is a "very real risk" to the environment? WHERE does lead come from if not said environment?

THAT however is "not the issue at hand" anyway, what IS the real issue is that WE (the people) own these National Parks and were not asked for ANY input whatsoever......

No one can convince anyone that copper (Barnes bullets) or tungsten is any "safer" than lead, for the "critters" anyway. How long before "they" say they're even worse (but ONLY after they've gotten rid of your lead)

Let's not forget this country was founded and fought for with soft lead balls and muskets, MORE lead was exchanged during the civil war than fisherman have lost since, without any reasonable doubt. Yet "amazing as it may seem" those same battle grounds have plenty of healthy game and fish on them....??

Just perhaps (as silly as some will find it) this is just another way to try to take something we all love and "justify" it by making it about something totally foolish......just maybe

You may "think" it's not foolish........well how can anyone enforce it? Check every single hunter and fisher going through? NOT going to happen too much manpower and folks would not continue to go there with a four hour (or more) wait, and for those who really believe that everyone who pours their own bullets , jigs or sinkers would just stop because of this are kidding themselves...IMHO