Weekly Newsletter | April 12, 2019 Issues Outcome of Bernhardt confirmation. On Thursday, the Senate voted to confirm David Bernhardt as the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Secretary. Senators voted 56-41, largely along party lines, in favor of Mr. Bernhardt’s confirmation. [...]
Weekly Newsletter | April 5, 2019 Issues Mayor defends energy industry’s efforts to mitigate effects of development. This week, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing focused on ‘Lessons from Across the Nation: State and Local [...]
Weekly Newsletter | March 29 2019 Issues Environmentalist groups sue over BLM sage-grouse management revisions. After the long awaited sage-grouse land management plan changes were finalized, a coalition of environmental groups have decided to file a lawsuit in Idaho alleging [...]
Weekly Newsletter | March 22, 2019 Issues Interior announces changes to sage-grouse bird protections. The Trump administration has finalized revisions to Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans and Republicans and Democrats are lining up to weigh in on the final [...]
Weekly Newsletter | March 15, 2019 Issues New bill proposed to limit development oversight on nonfederal lands. This week, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney proposed "Ending Duplicative Permitting Act," H.R. 1650, a bill intended to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to [...]
Weekly Newsletter | March 8, 2019 Issues Acting Interior Secretary declares victory in Obama era sage-grouse plan revisions. Earlier this week at the 84th North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference in Denver, acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced that [...]
Weekly Newsletter | March 1, 2019 Issues Sage-grouse riders no longer allowed in NDAA bills. Washington Democratic Rep. Adam Smith took over the House Armed Services Committee this year from Texas Republican Rep. Mac Thornberry, who is now the panel's [...]
Weekly Newsletter | February 22, 2019 Issues Enviros plan lawsuit over lesser prairie chicken. Yesterday, three groups filed a notice of intent to sue the Interior Department (DOI) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for not deciding whether to [...]