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House Passes Manage Our Wolves Act with Bipartisan Support

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Today, the House passed H.R. 6784, the Manage Our Wolves Act. Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement: “Scientific evidence conducted by Fish and Wildlife under multiple administrations from both sides of the aisle shows the wolf has recovered and thrived. It’s time to delist. Communities and species will continue to lose when special…

Committee Advances Tribal Energy Legislation, Slate of Conservation, Public Lands and Fishery Bills

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Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed eight bills, H.R. 3593 (U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.), H.R. 5025 (U.S. Rep. Amua Amata Coleman Radewagon, R-American Samoa), H.R. 6507 (U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Penn.), H.R. 6602 (U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.), H.R. 6652 (U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.), H.R. 6939 (U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.), S. 245 (U.S. Sen. John Hoeven,…

Opinion: Restoring the Land and Water Conservation Fund

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By: Chairman Rob Bishop The Daily Caller Politicians love creating new parks. It’s a cheap way (using someone else’s money) to increase name recognition and bona fides ahead of an election. Unfortunately, maintaining our parks doesn’t have the same appeal. Why would a politician fix a leaky roof or repave a road when he or she could create a new park? I’ve never seen a federal…

ICYMI: Looking To The Historic Leasing Program To Alleviate The Maintenance Backlog In National Parks

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By U.S. Reps. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) The Hill America’s crown jewels are its national parks. Touted as America’s best idea, the National Park Service is responsible for managing hundreds of units nationwide, encompassing more than 85 million acres in each state and territory of the United States. The national parks are part of our nation’s ethos, and…

Committee Advances National Park Maintenance Backlog Bill

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Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 6510 (U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah), the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act. “As America’s beloved national parks buckle under the weight of broken pipes, crumbling roads, and other incomplete projects, additional funding is crucial to keeping parks safe and accessible for the public. This bill addresses that need. I thank…

Bishop, Grijalva Pass Deal on LWCF Reauthorization

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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop and Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva announced and passed a deal on the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), offered and adopted in Committee as an amendment to H.R. 502. The Committee also passed H.R. 6771, the Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2018, authored by U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.). “Creating…

What They Are Saying: Support Builds for the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Bill

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Tomorrow, the Committee on Natural Resources will markup the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act (U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah), which currently has more than 150 bipartisan cosponsors. H.R. 6510 provides mandatory funding to address the deferred maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Education. …

ICYMI: Congressional Panel to See Hot Springs’ Rebirth, Booming Bathhouse Row

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By: Frank Lockwood Arkansas Democrat Gazette  Fifteen years after hitting rock bottom, Hot Springs' Bathhouse Row is booming again. Later this month, members of the House Natural Resources Committee will travel to the city and hear about its recent renaissance. Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman said he wants his colleagues to witness a successful public-private…

ICYMI: US Energy Dominance Can Fix Our National Parks

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By: Washington Examiner Editorial Board Washington Examiner  The House Natural Resources Committee will take up a bipartisan proposal this coming week with well over 100 cosponsors. Its purpose is to pay for the enormous $16 billion maintenance backlog at facilities controlled by the National Parks system, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

ICYMI: Congress, Require BLM To Respect The Rights Of Private Landowners

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By: Jerry Simmons The Hill America’s oil and natural gas development has provided an incredible lift for our nation’s economy. For the past decade in particular, production in shale formations across the country has moved the nation from its reliance on foreign energy, allowed the United States to become a net exporter for the first time since the Eisenhower administration, and…