Today we are considering several pieces of legislation. When you combine it all it would designate almost a half a milli...
In my view we must take a more balanced approach between adding lands to the wilderness system and Congress releasing la...
This is troubling to me as it could have far reaching impacts for the management of our forests and our public lands.
When the original Owyhee initiative began in 2000 it was a collaborative effort between diverse stakeholders including t...
I am going back to the impression that was left with the current permittees when all this collaborative effort came thro...
Congresswoman Lummis, definitely the conservation ethic has changed at the local level.
I think that if the Fish and Wildlife Service truly wants to recover species, they need to tell us what they want or let...
Madam Chair, I yield back my time.
I'm hopeful that your wise admonitions and advice will change the way the Endangered Species Act is used in the future s...
These new rules could significantly alter activities in areas newly proposed or already designated as critical habitat.
We need a clear distinction in our minds about what constitutes conservation: on-the-ground stewardship or repeated cour...
these new rules could alter activities in areas newly proposed or already designated as critical habitat.
this committee must look at the Administration's actions on critical habitat designations because they expand the scope ...
We need a 21st century conservation ethic that is consistent with the movement that the American people have made in the...
the regulations will also likely encourage increased ESA litigation and closed-door ESA settlements between the Services...
the Services are unilaterally promulgating rules that change and expand critical habitat designations without congressio...
Bottom line, these sweeping policies will require more Federal permitting that is already bogged down in bureaucratic pr...
You know, the gentleman's time has expired.
