Lewiston, Idaho Project Receives Interior Department Funding
From Idaho to California, communities are gearing up for a major boost in water infrastructure, thanks to a significant federal investment.
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Lee Working to Move Forest Service from USDA to Interior
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee is resurrecting an old idea to shake up the Forest Service: Get the agency out of the Department of Agriculture.
Plan To Modernize Federal Wildfire Response Announced
The Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture announced the coordinated action to create the U.S. Wildland Fire Service to modernize wildfire management nationwide.
Democrats Sound The Alarm About Wildfire Mitigation Funding
On Monday, western Democrats issued a statement over reports the BLM has issued stop work orders connected to projects removing hazardous wildfire fuels. Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, New Mexico’s Senator Martin Heinrich said their letter, addressed to recently confirmed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Acting Agriculture Secretary Gary Washington, “sounds the alarm”. They said delaying these treatm
Potential New Neighbor for North Cascade Producers
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement reacting to an announcement from the U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service seeking public comment on a proposed rule under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act related to the potential introduction of grizzly bears in the North Cascades.
ACRES of Support for Forest Fuel Reduction
Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives almost unanimously.