Tag: policy

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a secretarial order last week to direct bureaus within his department to work more closely with Western states on the management of habitat for big...

On Feb. 16, a House Natural Resources panel considered a suite of public land and wildlife conservation bills, including the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act of 2017...

Congress has passed a new two-year spending deal, offering $90 billion in disaster aid that will benefit natural resource agencies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received $210.6 million in...

In a recent letter, The Wildlife Society urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reconsider a new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act — an interpretation that allows for the...

Some lands removed from Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by President Trump’s executive order in December have been opened to mining and drilling. These lands, set aside...

The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced its intent to conduct five-year status reviews for three endangered whale species. These include the endangered fin whale (Baleaenoptera physalus), sei whale (Baleaenoptera...

President Trump has announced his nomination of James F. Reilly as the new director of the U.S. Geological Survey. An Idaho native, Reilly is a seasoned geoscientist. He has conducted...

A U.S. District Court has overturned its 2016 ruling that directed the state of Idaho to modify trapping regulations in northern regions of the state to protect Canada lynx (Lynx...

In an effort to reduce traffic and relieve overcrowding, Muir Woods National Monument has become the first National Park Service site to require year-round parking reservations. The popular site’s limited...

Applications are now being accepted to host the Department of Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center. The NCCSC, which was founded in 2011 and is operated by the U.S. Geological...