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Oversight and Investigations

Western Elected Officials Testify in Support of Legislation to Release Public Lands from De Facto Wilderness Management

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Tags: Oversight and Investigations

Today the House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1581, the “Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011.” Sponsored by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22), this bill would release Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas (WSA) that are not suitable for wilderness designation from continued management as de facto wilderness,…

39 House Republicans Send Letter to Senators Over Nominee for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Assistant Secretary

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Tags: Federal Lands, Oversight and Investigations, Fisheries, Wildlife, National Parks

Dear Senators Boxer, Bingaman, Inhofe, and Murkowski: As you consider President Obama's nomination of Ms. Rebecca Wodder as Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior, we respectfully write to let you know of our serious concerns with her record as the head of American Rivers, a single purpose interest group focused on litigating against the…

Committee Report on H.R. 944, To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes

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Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Full Committee

H. Rept. 112-165