Tag: DOI

The Interior is moving forward with plans announced in mid-July to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters as well as relocate many wildlife staff. Last month, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to...

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has announced plans to relocate the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction, Colo. The department plans to relocate a majority of over...

In 2017, the White House announced plans to streamline government agencies and increase efficiency. That included reorganizing the Interior Department so that most of its bureaus would follow the same regional...

Many top leadership positions within the Interior Department and other departments are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. So far, 345 key positions appointed by the President...

The Senate has passed the appropriations bill (H.R. 6147) for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies as part of a small omnibus package, or “minibus,” with the Agriculture, Financial Services-General...

The House of Representatives has passed a so-called ‘minibus’ package (H.R. 6147) containing the Interior-Environment and Financial Services-General Government appropriations bills. The White House released a statement expressing support for...

The U.S. Forest Service has followed the example set by the Bureau of Land Management by releasing a supplemental notice of intent to draft environmental impact statements for potential amendments...

Both the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands convened during the first week of June to discuss prospects for the 2018 fire season with...

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5515) made it through the May 9 House Armed Service Committee markup hearing with some policy riders that could affect federal wildlife management...

The ongoing controversy over greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation continued this month with the release of six draft environmental impact statements and resource management plan amendments. A public comment period...