House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent five letters to Obama Administration agencies and departments requesting similar information on the development, legal authority, activities, staffing, and funding of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy and mandatory ocean zoning initiative.
The letters sent to the Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on “Why should Americans have to comply with the laws of foreign nations?” The hearing examined the Lacey Act and how the law has been amended to force Americans to comply with tens of thousands of foreign statutes, regulations, resolutions, and decrees.
“We are… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing on “A Washington, DC- Based Bureaucratic Invention with Potential Water Conservation and Property Rights Impacts: The National Blueways Order.” This hearing highlighted current and potential problems with the National Blueways Order, which imposes a federal watershed designation process with… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held an oversight hearing on “Wildfire and Forest Management.” The hearing focused on the need for increased forest management to reduce hazardous fuels and the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
Last year, 9.3 million acres burned due to forest fires and was the third worst fire season on record for… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “America’s Helium Supply: Options for Producing more Helium from Federal Lands.” The hearing focused on the increased demand for helium, the future of U.S. helium supplies after the Federal Helium Reserve is depleted, and existing and potential production of helium from federal… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “Mining in America: Powder River Basin Coal Mining the Benefits and Challenges.” This hearing examined the job, energy, and economic benefits related to the development of our natural resources in the Power River Basin in Wyoming and Montana that provides forty percent of the coal… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on Wednesday, July 17th entitled, “The Department of the Interior Operations, Management, and Rulemakings.” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be the sole witness testifying at this hearing. This will be Secretary Jewell’s first appearance before the Committee.
“Oversight of the actions of the Interior… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held an oversight hearing on the “Public Impact of Closing Amenities at Yosemite National Park.” The hearing examined the impact of the Merced River Plan on tourists, local economies and the environment.
Yosemite National Park, formally established in 1890, is an American recreational treasure.… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced it was withdrawing the National Blueways Designation for the White River watershed in Arkansas and Missouri.
“This withdrawal is yet further proof that the Blueways program, imposed unilaterally by the Obama Administration without any statutory… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation will hold an oversight hearing on Thursday, July 11th on “Wildfire and Forest Management.”
This hearing will discuss the current wildfire season and ways to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire through proactive, healthy forest management. While factors such as prolonged drought continue to raise… Read more »
