House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings on the House floor today announced that the Committee next month will begin consideration of several proposals to designate new wilderness. Full statement: “While we are discussing public lands legislation, I would also like to inform the House that the Committee on Natural Resources will soon begin consideration of several proposals to designate new wilderness. As Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop stated last week, in July the Subcommittee plans to hold a legislative hearing on wilderness proposal... Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: Alaska Public Radio – Ed Schoenfeld: “Sealaska Land Bill Scheduled For Congressional Markup” The Hill – Zack Colman: “Energy agency: US oil-and-gas reserves up 35 percent, thanks to shale boom” Arizona Republic – Brandon Loomis: “Mexican gray wolves may get more area to live in” New York Times – Claire Martin: “Invasion of the Beetles, and a Rancher’s Revenge" Associated Press: “Klamath Tribes and feds exercise water rights in Oregon, will shut off irrigation for ranches” Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: Oil and Gas Journal – Nick Snow: “Witnesses describe benefits from expanding OCS activity” Washington Post – Lenny Berstein: “Gray wolf to lose endangered species protection as numbers rise” Wall Street Journal OpEd – Chuck Leavell: “Why U.S. Wood Can—and Should—Power Europe” Fuel Fix – Harry Weber: “US rig count drops, as international numbers rise” CQ – Lauren Gardner: “Constraints on Off-Road Vehicles Are for the Birds” Associated Press: “Drones won't help fight wildfires in Washington in a reverse decision” Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: E&E – Nick Juliano: “House Republicans continue push for offshore drilling” Fuel Fix – Jennifer A. Dlouhy: “Feds give industry, environmentalists more time to study drilling rule” Associated Press: “Tribe seeks to expand shale-oil drilling” Cronkite News – Evan Bell: “Gosar, Grijalva spar over bills to rein in president on national monuments” Las Vegas Review-Journal – Steve Tetreault: “Park Service ripped over red tape on Lake Mead search” Associated Press: “Drought cuts water for Klamath Project irrigators” Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: Fuel Fix – Jennifer A. Dlouhy: “Offshore drilling proponents launch new push on Capitol Hill” Oil and Gas Journal – Paula Dittrick: “API cites growing support for opening areas to offshore drilling” Cape Cod Times – Mary Ann Bragg: “NOAA to make reduced ship speeds permanent” Rapid City Journal – Doug Demmons: “Oglala Sioux Tribe to have its own privately minted coins” The Hill – Ben Goad: “Interior issues new healthy food standards for national parks” Associated Press: “Eisenhower Memorial planners launch new D-Day film online for 69th anniversary... Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: The Hill – Zack Colman: “Senior House GOP lawmaker revives offshore drilling bill” Fuel Fix – Jennifer Hiller: “Texas leads nation in drilling activity – by a lot” Bloomberg: “California lawmakers turn down moratorium on fracking” New York Times –Jess Bidgood: “Massachusetts: State Sues Over Cod Limits” Auburn Citizen – Robert Harding: “House subcommittee to hold hearing on Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks Act sponsored by Rep. Dan Maffei” Baltimore Sun – Matthew Hay Brown: “National Park Service says police furloughs no longer needed” Los A... Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: Politico Pro white board – Andrew Restuccia: “Hastings calls on Interior to preserve documents for probe” E&E – Phil Taylor: “Interior to launch energy safety institute” Fuel Fix – Jennifer A. Dlouhy: “Feds launch new offshore safety institute” Wall Street Journal OpEd– Thomas Tunstall: “Exporting Natural Gas Will Stabilize U.S. Prices” Wall Street Journal – Kate Galbrath: “Some in Europe Are Rethinking Opposition to Fracking” Bloomebrg: “Keystone wait weighs on smaller oil producers” Gloucester Times – Richard Gaines: “NOAA concedes: sturgeon not ... Read More »

Yesterday, the CEO of Gibson Guitar Company, Henry Juszkiewicz, joined Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel to explain the motivation behind the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s two raids on Gibson Guitar Company. In one raid on August 24, 2011, federal agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice stormed the Gibson Guitar company claiming it was in violation of the Lacey Act – which is a law first enacted in 1900 to protect native flora and fauna by prohibiting the sale or transportation of wild animals or birds killed under viola... Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: The Hill – Zack Colman: “Rep. Hastings to Interior: Don't destroy documents” Fox News video – Fox and Friends: “Gibson Guitar CEO on Fox & Friends Explains Fish & Wildlife Service Raid” The Hill – Ben Geman: “Interior faces pressure to slow down fracking rule” Seattle Times OpEd – Chris Brong: “Rural communities deserve a federal solution assuring jobs, stable revenues" Read More »

The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up: Fuel Fix – Jennifer A. Dlouhy: “Republicans aim to overturn Obama’s plan for Alaskan oil” Associated Press – Matthew Daly: “House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval” Washington Post – Darryl Fears: “Frog, toad and salamander populations plummeting, U.S. survey finds” Associated Press: “Feds lift hold on reservation pipeline project” Associated Press: “New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans” WSBTV – Scott McFarlane: “Park service spending millions on conferences while reducing hours, closing parks” Read More »