Tag: Senate

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...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified last week on the department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The...

Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Interim Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen described next year’s presidential budget request as “a request of very tough choices and trade-offs.”...

The Senate has confirmed James Reilly as the director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Nominated by President Trump in late January, Reilly holds a PhD in geosciences from the University...

Senators passed the Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act (H.R. 3979) on April 9, following its passage by the House of Representatives in December. It will now go to President Trump...

Leaders from corporations, state wildlife agencies and NGOs traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to urge their congressional delegations to support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647). The...

James Reilly II, President Trump’s nominee for the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, sat before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for his confirmation hearing on March 6....

On Nov. 20, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released their Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies draft fiscal year 2018 (FY18) appropriations bill. The language recommends a total...

On May 10, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held its second hearing of the year focused on Endangered Species Act reform. The hearing, entitled “Conservation, Consultation, and...

On Mar. 30,  the Sportsmen’s Act (S. 733) advanced through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources following an en bloc voice vote that sent 65 bills to the...