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 ...
Interior
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 ...
USFWS challenges people to advance white-nose syndrome control
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $100,000 prize to individuals who develop new ideas that might eradicate or mitigate white-nose syndrome (WNS) as ...
Continuing resolution passes as lawmakers hammer out funding bills
The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the ...
Department of the Interior transfers land along border to Army
Last month, the Department of the Interior announced the transfer of 560 acres of federal land along the United States-Mexico border to the Department of the Army, ...
Interior fee use during shutdown was against the law, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office determined that the Department of the Interior broke the law when it used entry fees to keep national parks open during the ...