Biden administrations begins to identify key environmental leaders
The Biden administration will officially take office on Jan. 20, but it has already announced who it will nominate for key positions. In addition, its transition ...
Interior
Interior puts new limits on Land and Water Conservation Fund
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt made a number of changes to how his department will implement the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), including ...
The Wildlife Society comments on Interior’s invasive plan
The Wildlife Society submitted comments on a draft strategic plan released in August by the Department of the Interior, calling it a good foundation but asking for ...
Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020 introduced
A newly released bill in the U.S. Senate would amend the Endangered Species Act, transferring more authority to state and local experts. The Endangered Species Act ...
Interior report shows big game conservation progress
The Department of the Interior is making progress in protecting winter range and migration corridors for big game across the West since a 2018 Secretarial Order was ...
Federal resource agencies still lack confirmed leaders
As the Trump administration nears the end of its first 4-year term, a number of natural resource agencies still find themselves without permanent, Senate-confirmed ...
Interior releases draft strategic plan on invasives
In response to legislation passed last year, the Department of the Interior released a plan to decrease the spread of invasive species by building on existing ...
Judge strikes down migratory bird incidental take memo
A New York federal district court judge ruled earlier this month that the Department of the Interior’s Solicitor’s interpretation that the Migratory Bird Treaty ...
House passes appropriations bills
The House has passed a package of Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills that would provide stable funding for the departments of the Interior and Agriculture for the 2021 ...
JWM: Shorebirds take advantage of Alaska military lands
It’s natural for researchers to focus on the coast when studying shorebirds, but when Ellen Martin was studying them in Alaska as a master’s student at Colorado ...