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Chairman Hastings: Obama Administration Retreats from Designating White River as National Blueway

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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…

Subcommittee to Hold Oversight Hearing on Catastrophic Wildfires and the Need for Active Forest Management

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Tags: Wildfires

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…