Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) hosted a forum to hear from witnesses across the country on the impacts of catastrophic wildfire and the need for long-term forest health.
"The sobering fact remains that we are completely and utterly failing to turn the tide against… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), David Valadao (R-Calif.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) in sending a letter to Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), urging immediate action on the Save Our Sequoias Act… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and the committee's five subcommittee ranking members sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, demanding answers to an unanswered May 2022 letter inquiring how the departments… Read more »
Washington - This week, the Washburn Fire is burning in the iconic Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, threatening some of the oldest Giant Sequoias in the world. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), and U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), David… Read more »
Today, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reported catastrophic wildfires have burned more than 5 million acres in 2022, double the 10-year average for wildfires. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
"It's devastating to see so much of… Read more »
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 »
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.) 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 »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging them to implement the provisions of the Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks Act before Memorial Day… Read more »
