Nearly 3 million acres enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has accepted 2.8 million acres of private land into the Conservation Reserve Program in 2021. The program allows landowners to receive an annual payment in...
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....
BLM reconsiders mineral extraction on 10 million acres
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is reconsidering preventing new mining, drilling or other mineral extraction in areas identified as important for sage-grouse management. The agency’s 2015 plan for management...
Environmental groups challenge jumping mouse management
The U.S. Forest Service should do more to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in New Mexico and Arizona, argues a new lawsuit filed earlier...
Emperor penguin proposed for ESA listing
Citing the threat of melting sea ice due to climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing emperor penguins (Aptenodyptes forsteri) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act....
Senate infrastructure bill includes wildlife funding
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill last week that will provide funding for wildlife crossings and invasive species control, among other funding for ground transportation and other...
Appropriations process continues as year-end approaches
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a spending package in late July, which contains bills that set funding levels for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior....
Administration to replace wetlands regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced initial plans to replace a rule finalized during the Trump administration defining the “waters of the U.S.”—or WOTUS—under the...
House subcommittee discusses Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
At a hearing held by the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee last week, legislators expressed their support for the passage of Recovering America’s...
