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 Wild horses, an icon of the American West, roam America's valleys and plains.  The setting sun illuminates the Western desert.  American bison, long a symbol of our national heritage, graze freely in Yellowstone National Park.  California's majestic redwood trees reveal the unique beauty of our National Forests.  America's 13,000 miles of coastline and 3.4 million square nautical miles of ocean grace our nation with majestic views, beautiful beaches and unique fish and plant species.  El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico showcases the exquisite beauty of a tropical rainforest.  The powerful Rio Grande is protected as a Wild and Scenic River as it flows below Big Bend National Park.  The Grand Canyon is
one of America's most treasured and
unrivaled natural majesties.
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Rahall Touts Landmark Victories for America’s Natural Resources |
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Thursday, 09 October 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the 110th Congress draws to a close, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) highlighted the many landmark legislative victories for America's natural resources over the past two years, made possible by the Democratic Majority that has begun to move the Nation in a new direction.
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House Delivers Critical Funding for Rural Forest Communities and Schools |
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The county payments program - aimed at sustaining rural counties and schools in forest communities - won a reprieve today, courtesy of a four-year, $3.3 billion infusion of funding that was included in the economic stabilization package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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GAO Finds Administration Continues to Endanger National Wildlife Refuge System |
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 |
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Just five short years after the Bush Administration celebrated the centennial of America's National Wildlife Refuge System, calling its future bright, the Administration is instead allowing the system to die a slow death by drastically cutting the budget and the workforce for refuges across the country, charged Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU). Citing a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today, Bordallo said the Administration is endangering the future of the only system of federal lands devoted exclusively to wildlife conservation.
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Rahall Statement -- Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the Interior Department IG Report |
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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WASHINGTON D.C.- Mr. Secretary, Inspector General Devaney, thank you for taking the time to appear before this Committee today. Let me state that I called this hearing, not to rehash the sordid details of the jaw-dropping antics of certain employees of the Minerals Management Service revealed last week in three IG reports.
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Rahall Hails House Passage of Comprehensive Energy Measure |
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) today heralded passage of House Democrats' landmark comprehensive energy package that will facilitate oil and gas development off America's shorelines, making roughly 85 percent of all oil in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) available for production.
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