WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published their final rule to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" in their regulations covering the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Following publication, Members of the Congressional Western Caucus released the following statements.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today, the House Natural Resources Committee considered five pieces of legislation from Members of the Western Caucus.
H.R. 6251 - To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) released the following statements after the House passed H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, on a vote of 211-204.
“Gray wolves are an apex predator being inflicted upon the people and the wildlife of the West,” said… Read more »
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement in support of the revisions to the Endangered Species Act proposed by the Department of the Interior earlier this week.
“Since its inception, the Endangered Species Act has been misinterpreted and abused as a means to stop development of public and private land. An ESA determination is an… Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Members celebrated passage of H.J. Res. 78. This Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, introduced by Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), repeals the Biden Administration’s listing of the longfin smelt as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act. Once enacted into law, this resolution will halt the proposed… Read more »
Restoring Common Sense to Species Management
By Vice Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04)
If a football team were only making first downs on 3 percent of their possessions, it would be foolish to blindly continue running the same plays while expecting a different result. Instead, the team would re-evaluate their strategy and find a new path forward. Similarly, there are times when… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) re-introduced the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Amendments Act. Original co-sponsors of the bill are Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Executive Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Vice Chairs Mark Amodei (NV-02), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), Jeff Hurd (CO-03), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Pete… Read more »
The Endangered Species Act Is Being Abused, It’s Time to Delist the Gray Wolf
By Vice Chair Tom Tiffany (WI-07)
Fifty years ago, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was created to protect species on the brink of extinction and put them on the path to recovery. It was a noble effort, but unfortunately, it’s been hijacked by the radical environmental lobby and activist judges who use it as a… Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statements on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Yesterday, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (WY) sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning, calling on her to cease work on the agency’s Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
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