Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2013) – Congressmen Steve Pearce and Cynthia Lummis, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Western Caucus, announced Wednesday that they would be introducing an educational component to the Western Caucus. Western Caucus University will cover a variety of issues that are critical to the West, such as energy development, modernizing the Endangered Species Act, and forest management best practices, among others. The first topic to be covered will be public lands, and the impact of federally owned land on the West. Co-Chairs Steve Pearce and Cynthia Lummis released the following statements regarding the launch: Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Cory Gardner (CO-04) is furious that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has improperly released private personal and business information to environmental groups. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today introduced the Montana Land Sovereignty Act, which protects Montana lands from being unilaterally locked up by the President and ensures that Montanans have a voice in all new national monument designations. Read more »
Washington, DC- This week, a hearing regarding The Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013, will be held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The discussion draft will be considered at 10:30 a.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, April 11th. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, all R-Wyo., responded to a commitment made by Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that his Department would not designate watersheds as Blueways without first receiving a letter of support from each state that is home to the watershed. Read more »
WASHINGTON –Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) issued this statement following the announcement that Harris Sherman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, will be stepping down after four years. Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2013) – Earlier this week, the San Jose Mercury News reported a story about a bird that supposedly needs wildfires to survive. The black-backed woodpecker feeds on insects that inhabit standing dead trees after a wildfire, and radical environmental groups are pushing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for protection of this bird under the Endangered Species Act. The John Muir Project of the Earth Island Institute, along with the Center for Biological Diversity, claim that this bird warrants protection because fire suppression, salvage logging, and forest thinning to reduce the intensity of wildfires harms the habitat of the black-backed woodpecker. In 2010, the John Muir Project released a report entitled “The Myth of ‘Catastrophic’ Wildfire,” which attempted to convince the public that wildfires are not, in fact, a danger to us. Chad Hanson, a staff ecologist at the John Muir Project, even said that he hopes the Forest Service will be proactive about “educating people that when fire happens, it is not a bad thing.” Read more »
GRANADA, COLO. – Congressman Cory Gardner (CO-04) announced today that a former internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II will soon see funds for preservation and restoration thanks to a federal grant from the National Park Service. Colorado Preservation, Inc. (CPI), a Denver-based non-profit will use the $29,060 grant to make The Granada Relocation Center, commonly known as Camp Amache, more accessible to historians and visitors. Read more »
Statement by Congressman Tom McClintock in response to the release by the Interior Department of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) calling for removal of the Klamath Dams: Read more »
Washington, DC - Today the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development announced their approval of a $1,285,000 loan to the Emmons, Logan, and McIntosh County service area project, an effort by the South Central Regional Water District to provide clean water to the citizens of South Central North Dakota. Read more »
