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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a massive package of public lands legislation made up of more than 100 individual bills that were introduced by 50 senators and several U.S. House members.

Formerly known as the Natural Resources Management Act, the bipartisan bill, S. 47, was renamed the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act in honor of Dingell, a long-serving member of Congress who died last month at the age of 92.

“President Trump knows that federal lands are meant to provide both peace and prosperity for the American people, and signing this bill allows us to continue managing public lands in a balanced way,” David Bernhardt, acting Department of Interior secretary, said in a statement. “This bill is extremely beneficial to the American people, and I look forward to working with Congress and local communities to implement the many local conservation wins within the bill.”

Highlights of the bill include permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on dozens of national wildlife refuges and thousands more acres of other public lands, and a provision allowing archery hunters to carry unarmed bows across National Park Service land.