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January 9, 2023

Senate to vote on David Bernhardt’s confirmation as Interior Secretary

The Senate has confirmed David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior. Bernhardt has been acting in the role since early 2019, when Ryan Zinke, the former secretary, left the administration....

August 31, 2021

Administration nominates NPS director, fills other posts

The Biden Administration has nominated Charles “Chuck” Sams III as the director of the National Park Service. If confirmed, Sams would be the first Native American to hold that post....

January 28, 2021

Biden administration calls for review of environment policies

On his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order calling for his administration to review actions and policies implemented by the former administration related to the environment...

December 11, 2019

Administration’s regulatory agenda would affect wildlife

Many of the anticipated rules released by the White house Office of Management and Budget’s semiannual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions will affect The Wildlife Society’s conservation priorities....

June 13, 2019

Wallace sails though Senate hearings on nomination

Robert Wallace, the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior, appeared before two Senate committees last week, both of which showed support....

May 14, 2019

Robert Wallace nominated for leadership position at Interior

In early May, President Trump nominated Robert Wallace for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior. The position has been vacant since the start...

March 14, 2019

Trump administration requests refuge funding increase

The Trump administration recently requested an increase in funding for national wildlife refuges for the Fiscal Year 2020 federal budget. This comes just weeks after the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations...

February 8, 2019

Bernhardt nominated to lead Interior

President Donald Trump has nominated Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to take the position as the department’s secretary. The nomination comes less than two months after Ryan Zinke stepped down from the...

January 31, 2019

TWS contacts U.S. government leaders about shutdown

The Wildlife Society recently contacted President Trump and congressional leaders to emphasize the impacts of the recent partial government shutdown on its members and their critical work of science-based wildlife management...

January 10, 2019

Shutdown continues as 116th Congress begins

With 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Washington D.C., is quieter than normal, even as new member of Congress and their families flock to the city as the...