WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (WY) joined forces with House Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA), Representative Scott Tipton (CO), and other Republican Members of the Water and Power Subcommittee in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell regarding the National Blueways Order, which claims the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to designate entire river watersheds as “National Blueways.” Read more »
Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2013) – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced their proposal to remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species. This proposal would leave future management and conservation efforts to states for all gray wolf populations in the lower 48 states with the exception of the southwestern Mexican gray wolf. This announcement comes after the delisting of wolves in the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain States earlier this year. Read more »
WASHINGTON – During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing today, Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) stressed that localized preservation efforts, that take into account the unique topography and ecology of the regions in which a species lives, are far more effective than federal efforts that implement blanket approaches with disregard for local conditions and tie up needed recovery resources with endless litigation. Read more »
MESA—Today, Representative Matt Salmon (AZ-05) released the following statement in response to the inquiry from U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-1), Chairman of the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking more information about EPA’s proposed rule regarding the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and 15 of his colleagues asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to thoroughly assess the impact of its proposed Critical Habitat Designation for loggerhead sea turtles, which it issued on March 25, 2013, under the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, the bipartisan group expressed concern over the proposal to designate approximately 740 miles of shoreline, including 96 miles in North Carolina, as critical habitat for loggerhead turtles. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today condemned the Bureau of Land Management’s refusal to extend comment periods for proposed Billings and Pompeys Pillar, Miles City, and Hi-Line Resource Management Plans (RMPs). Daines noted that the length of the comment periods, which end in June, is insufficient, given that the current plans fail to take into account sufficient input from area residents. Read more »
Today the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing entitled, “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices.” Among the issues raised was the proven effectiveness and efficiency of state, tribal, and local conservation efforts, and the uncertainty created because the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has not been reauthorized in more than two decades. Read more »
Today Congressman Kevin Cramer and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson hosted an agriculture roundtable with farm group leaders in the region. Cramer and Peterson provided an update on both the House and Senate versions of the 2013 Farm Bill, and heard input from agriculture organizations and individual producers. Read more »
Ruidoso, NM (May 30, 2013) – Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce attended a town hall meeting to discuss fires and forest management. Pearce led the meeting with Bill Derr, former special agent in charge for the U.S. Forest Service’s California Region, who recently published a report for the Congressional Office on the Whitewhater-Baldy Complex and Little Bear fires in New Mexico. Read more »
Washington, May 28 - Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, sent a letter asking EPA to answer questions about their role in chemical safety management, specifically in implementing the Clean Air Act’s General Duty Clause. Read more »
