Tag: Interior

March 18, 2020

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 the Bureau of Land Management from...

March 12, 2020

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 administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2021. That budget...

February 27, 2020

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 plans by publishing six draft supplemental environmental impact statements last week....

December 23, 2019

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 programs. The final spending bill was...

November 26, 2019

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 approving Land and Water Conservation Fund legislation as well as...

November 6, 2019

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 part of a white-nose...

October 9, 2019

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 House passed...

October 7, 2019

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, for the purpose...

September 18, 2019

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 government shutdown earlier this...

August 13, 2019

Refuge supporters challenge administration on road through Izembek

The National Wildlife Refuge Association and partners filed suit in federal district court against the administration after Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt’s recent decision to approve a land swap...