Recovering America’s Wildlife Act introduced in Senate
The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (S. 3223) was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday by Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and cosponsored by Senators Joe ...
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2018 Farm Bill heads to conference committee
The Senate has passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, sending it to a conference committee to work out differences with a House bill and return a single bill to ...
Senate committee optimistic about farm bill passage
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee reported the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill, with a 20-1 roll call vote. ...
Senate committee approves Interior spending bill
On Thursday last week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations unanimously approved a $32.6 billion Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ...
Forest Service, Congress discuss wildfire
Both the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands convened during the first week of June to discuss prospects for ...
Senate subcommittee hears testimony on Interior budget
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified last week on the department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on ...
Senate committee questions proposed USFS 2019 budget cuts
Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Interim Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen described next year’s presidential budget ...
Senate confirms USGS director
The Senate has confirmed James Reilly as the director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Nominated by President Trump in late January, Reilly holds a PhD in geosciences ...
Bill reauthorizing refuge volunteers passes Senate
Senators passed the Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act (H.R. 3979) on April 9, following its passage by the House of Representatives in December. It will now ...
Combined efforts raise support for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Leaders from corporations, state wildlife agencies and NGOs traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to urge their congressional delegations to support the ...