April 22, 2016

This week in Washington I held two hearings and participated in a third on how to make the Endangered Species Act work better for species and people.  Two Wyoming witnesses joined us this week to testify on the issues that Wyoming communities face when lawsuits tie up boots-on-the-ground conservation in courtrooms.

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Filed under: WYOMING congress esa 
October 17, 2014

Wyoming understands what 21st century conservation planning should look like: a collaborative, science-based effort to conserve species without sacrificing economic development for the people of our great state. Unfortunately, the law has not caught up with this approach.

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Filed under: cattle call cynthia lummis Wyoming ESA conservation 
August 1, 2014

For too long, we in Wyoming have borne the cost of the Endangered Species Act’s outdated approach to species conservation, its heavy and costly mandates producing a meager 2 percent rate of species recovery. So in Cattle Call this week I want you to hear Representative Doug Collins speak on the House floor on H.R. 4315: the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act that passed this week in the U.S. House and contains four bills that myself and others in the ESA Congressional Working  Group, which I co-chair, authored.

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Filed under: ESA congress Wyoming 
July 29, 2014

Today, forty years after the Endangered Species Act was created, and twenty five years since it was last amended, the U.S. House passed H.R. 4315: the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act which combines four bills authored by members of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Congressional Working Group, of which I am a Co-Chairman. This legislation won’t solve all of the ESA’s problems overnight, but it will start the reform process by instilling transparency, accountability, and an elevated role for states and tribes in the ESA’s implementation. Wyomingites care deeply about their land, water, and wildlife and practice conservation every day on the ground where it matters most and deserve to be included in the work of the ESA.

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Filed under: ESA congress Wyoming