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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 »

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 »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem announced today that she plans to introduce legislation to help fight the pine beetle infestation. This legislation will prioritize rehabilitation and restoration of federal land that has been impacted by large-scale beetle infestations and move resources from land acquisition to land management for five years. Senator John Thune (R-SD) has introduced companion legislation (S. 661) in the Senate. Read more »

WASHINGTON – Texas Congressmen Bill Flores, John Carter, K. Michael Conaway and Mac Thornberry along with New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce introduced legislation that stops lawsuit abuse from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Read more »

WASHINGTON– Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee, today decried President Obama’s use of the century-old Antiquities Act to create five new national monuments. The Antiquities Act, established in 1906, gives the executive branch the authority to restrict access to federally owned land by circumventing the open, public, process typically taken by Congress to establish new land designations, including national monuments. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Senator Orin Hatch (UT), Senator John Barrasso and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY) today, along with 68 other Members of Congress, sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Dan Ashe urging support for the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in all lower 48 states. Read more »

Washington, DC – Today, the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an Oversight Hearing and a Legislative Hearing on a number of bills, including Congressman Kevin Cramer’s bill H.R. 767 that modifies the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Read more »