Interior Department

Conservation groups have asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were intended to protect the sage grouse.   Attorneys for Western Watersheds Project, Prairie Hills Audubon Society and two other groups made the request Wednesday in U.S. D...

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association will hold their annual convention in Bend November 29th and 30th.  OCA Executive Director Jerome Rosa says this year’s lineup will focus primarily on education and outreach.  He said they will have guest speakers including Travis Williams with the U.S. Interior Departmen...

According to the American Farm bureau federation, activists have grown rich by suing the government and reaping billions of taxpayers’ dollars.  However, the U.S. Department of Interior, has issued an order to curb this “abuse of basic, democratic processes and to open backroom deals to public scrutiny,” according to an AFBF news release. The organization notes tha...

Last week, Department of the Interior announced support of introducing Grizzly Bears in the Washington North Cascades.  Several local organizations have come out against the plan, including the Washington Cattlemen’s Association.  WCA Executive Vice President Sarah Ryan told the Washington Ag Network livestock owners across NCW don’t need the added stress.   “We already ...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed Interior Department staff this week to be more proactive on fire prevention, a move also requested by the Montana Farm Bureau.  As Montana is battling wildfires, the Montana Farm Bureau President said there needs to be a better focus on preventing and putting out wildfires.  Th...

President Obama recently signed the “National Bison Legacy Act,” which adopts the North American Bison as the National Mammal. In a blog post, the Interior Department said “the bison joins the bald eagle as an official symbol of our country.”   The Hagstrom...