We Need to Save America's Sequoias
By House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
TIME
Millions of people from all over the world come to visit our majestic Giant Sequoias every year. No photo can accurately depict the awe-inspiring natural splendor of a… Read more »
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released its proposed five-year plan for domestic offshore oil and gas leasing. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
"Now I see why DOI blew past their promised release date - they wanted to wait until 5 p.m. on a holiday weekend in the hopes that no one… Read more »
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) failed to release a proposed five-year plan for oil and gas leasing, despite Secretary Deb Haaland testifying during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing that the administration would issue a public proposed plan no later than June 30, 2022. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman… Read more »
Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore, urging USFS to increase the pace and scale of essential forest management activities. In part, the members wrote:
"Restoring… Read more »
Washington - Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.)David Valadao (R-Calif.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and 26 other members in introducing H.R. 8168, the… Read more »
Turns out bipartisan cooperation in Washington, D.C. isn’t completely dead, after all.
It just requires a tall miracle.
Giant sequoias were considered virtually invulnerable to wildfire. That view abruptly changed over the past two years when nearly a fifth of the world’s largest trees perished in wildfires that… Read more »
Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) hosted a joint forum to hear from Americans across the country about how President Joe Biden's catastrophic energy policies are hurting their businesses and… Read more »
It was several weeks after the Windy Fire burned through many of California’s giant sequoia groves in September 2021 that we were finally able to access Red Hill grove. Save the Redwoods League, where I am the director of science, owns this rugged 160 acres, home to more than 100 magnificent ancient giant sequoias. Firefighters were still… Read more »
Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), David Valadao (R-Calif.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and 23 other members in introducing H.R. 8168, the Save… Read more »
Washington - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a final rule rescinding a Trump-era regulation that established a definition of "habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
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