Court halts road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
A federal judge halted a proposed land exchange last week in Alaska that would allow for the construction of a 12-mile gravel road through the Izembek National ...
Interior
Interior lifts hunting restrictions on Alaska preserves
The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would amend regulations regarding hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves by allowing some ...
Interior establishes Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prizes
The U.S. Department of the Interior will be giving out five new prizes for conservation innovations, including one to help control the spread of invasive species. ...
Interior begins reopening agencies and facilities
In a memo dated April 30, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt informed Interior employees that, pursuant to the administration’s Opening Up America Again ...
The Wildlife Society provides recommendations on spending bills
As congressional appropriators begin to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommended spending levels for the U.S. Geological ...
Report finds BLM did not adequately assess HQ move
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office found that the administration did not meet relevant standards and practices in moving the headquarters of ...
Secretary of the Interior defends budget proposal
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt appeared last week in front of the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, defending the ...
Interior releases updated sage-grouse plans
The Bureau of Land Management addressed a federal judge’s concerns regarding recent revisions to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation ...
Agency funding bill passes Congress
Congress passed a final spending package on Dec. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes increases for many natural resource agencies’ conservation and management ...
Senate committee approves LWCF bill, Interior nomination
As Congress prepares for the upcoming Thanksgiving recess, the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee made several important decisions including ...