The U.S. Forest Service to update its NEPA rules
The U.S. Forest Service is updating the regulations that govern the agency’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, citing a desire to increase ...
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Wallace sails though Senate hearings on nomination
Robert Wallace, the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior, appeared before two Senate committees last ...
Canada proposes migratory bird regulation updates
Environment and Climate Change Canada recently released proposed changes to its migratory bird regulations. While Canada’s migratory bird regulations, which ...
The Wildlife Society pushes for invasives work funding
The Wildlife Society joined with partners from the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species to request that leaders of the Senate Interior ...
TWS thanks House subcommittee for discussing biodiversity loss
The Wildlife Society, alongside the American Fisheries Society and the National Wildlife Federation, sent a letter to the leadership of the House Natural Resources ...
House bill would increase wildlife funding, defund reorganization
As the Senate begins its process of drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills, the House is moving forward with its slate of appropriations bills and several are ...
Bill introduced to establish a system of wildlife corridors
The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 (S. 1499/H.R. 2795) was introduced last week in both the House and Senate, which would establish a national system ...
House Interior appropriations bill clears first hurdle
The appropriations bill that includes programs in the Department of the Interior, U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency was advanced last week ...
House committee considers grizzly take legislation
The House Natural Resources committee is considering an act that would prohibit grizzly bear hunting or other take of grizzlies in the contiguous United States ...
House sets spending levels for 2020 budget
Top-level funding for programs in the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies would see an increase in Fiscal Year 2020 under spending caps approved ...