Sally Jewell: “I appreciate that the resources are there and technologies are enabling us to tap them along with renewables.”

I also strongly support the President's proposal to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide a permanent mandatory funding stream beginning next year.

It is clear to me that the current criminal penalties for these crimes are too weak and that congressional action is needed to address the wildlife poaching crisis.

Indian education is an embarrassment to you and to us. It is not for the lack of desire.

We have a goal to engage by the end of this term a million hours of volunteer service on public lands--that is triple where we are right now--and a goal to create 100,000 jobs over 4 years on public lands through working collaboratively…