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Members Caution White House on Monument Designations Exacerbating Drought, Wildfire Threats

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Subcommittee on Federal Lands Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Reps. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter...... Read more

ESA Failures Shine Bright as Special Interests Trump Species Protection in Wildflower Debacle

Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court vacated a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to not list two desert wildflowers as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The rul...... Read more

Obama Administration Ignores Record of Federal Paternalism, Mismanagement on Tribal Lands

Last week, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell issued a secretarial order to encourage cooperation with federally recognized tribes in the management of federal lands. Chairman Rob...... Read more

Members Caution White House on Monument Designations Exacerbating Drought, Wildfire Threats

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Subcommittee on Federal Lands Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Reps. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter...... Read more

ESA Failures Shine Bright as Special Interests Trump Species Protection in Wildflower Debacle

Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court vacated a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to not list two desert wildflowers as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The rul...... Read more

Obama Administration Ignores Record of Federal Paternalism, Mismanagement on Tribal Lands

Last week, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell issued a secretarial order to encourage cooperation with federally recognized tribes in the management of federal lands. Chairman Rob...... Read more

Bloomberg: Fight Pipeline, Drill for Oil: Either Way, Tribes Want Control of Their Lands

By: Catherine Traywick The Southern Ute Indian Tribe of southwestern Colorado has a higher long-term credit rating than Wells Fargo & Co., and more oil and natural-gas wells than it has members. Welco...... Read more

Wall Street Journal: It’s Time for the Feds to Get Out of Indian Country

By: Terry L. Anderson and Shawn Regan As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump court the minority vote, they have paid virtually no attention to one of the most impoverished groups—Native Americans. More t...... Read more

The Hill: Embracing Arctic Offshore Exploration for Economic and Energy Security

By: “Ayyaiyak” Stefanie Armstrong As a proud Alaska Native and an aspiring engineer at the University of Alaska Anchorage, I’m enthused about Alaska’s future, and my role in it. I’m also convinced tha...... Read more

Obama will Leave His Legacy at the Expense of Fishermen

OP-ED: Obama will Leave His Legacy at the Expense of Fishermen The Hill Chairman Rob Bishop When President Obama quadrupled the size of a marine national monument off the coast of Hawaii last month, ...... Read more

Legal protection for Good Samaritans who want to clean up mines

OP-ED: Legal protection for Good Samaritans who want to clean up mines By: Chairman Rob Bishop The biblical story of the Good Samaritan is a familiar one to virtually all young children. A man is rob...... Read more

Antiquities Act Abuse Heads East

OP-ED: Antiquities Act Abuse Heads East By Rep. Rob Bishop Some say cultural trends start on the West Coast and make their way East, but one trend moving eastward is bad news for New Englanders. In m...... Read more

Deputy Director William Werkheiser to Rep. Gohmert

TO: Rep. Louie Gohmert FROM: U.S. Geological Survey Deputy Director William Werkheiser Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your letter dated September 23, 2016, requesting information related to two scie...... Read more

Rep. Gohmert Letter to USGS Director Suzette Kimball

TO: The Honorable Suzette Kimball FROM: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Louie Gohmert Dear Director Kimball: The Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Oversight and Inv...... Read more

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director Ashe

TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop Dear Director Ashe: On August 5, 2015, an Environmental Protection Agency-led crew ("EPA") discharged 3 million gall...... Read more

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