USFWS plans to rescind key critical habitat rules
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to rescind rules made during the final days of the Trump administration regarding the process for excluding areas from ...
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Senate releases remaining Fiscal Year 2022 spending bills
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has released the remaining nine Fiscal Year 2022 spending bills, which include proposed funding for U.S. Department of the ...
Senate committee examines threat of invasive species
On Feb. 13, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held on a hearing on The Invasive Species Threat: Protecting Wildlife, Public Health and ...
Senate reauthorizes LWCF, conservation programs
Picking up after its debates on the legislation package in December, the Senate passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47). This bipartisan package ...
TWS advises Senate committee considering wildlife funding
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing examining the funding needed for wildlife conservation, recovery and management. ...
Farm Bill conference committee to meet in September
The 2018 Farm Bill conference committee plans to hold its first meeting Sept. 5, as the House comes back into session after its August recess. The conference ...
Discussions continue regarding ESA
There is a growing list of proposed changes and discussions surrounding what various sides see as the Endangered Species Act’s successes, failures, and ...
Senate passes Interior-EPA appropriations bill
The Senate has passed the appropriations bill (H.R. 6147) for the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies as part of a small omnibus package, or “minibus,” ...
TWS writes to Sen. Barrasso regarding changes to the ESA
The Wildlife Society sent a letter to Sen. John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to provide testimony on his draft bill ...
‘Minibus’ carries Interior-Environment bill through Congress
The House of Representatives has passed a so-called ‘minibus’ package (H.R. 6147) containing the Interior-Environment and Financial Services-General Government ...