Mike Crapo: “Overall the health and welfare of the Nez Perce people is interdependent upon the forests.”

“For years, I have advocated for returning grizzly bear management to the states as recovery objectives and benchmarks have been achieved.

Counties across Idaho should not have to repeatedly face uncertainty about whether the federal government will uphold its responsibility to communities containing vast amounts of tax-exempt federal land.

“The recovery of the grizzly bear in the West is a conservation success story made possible by decades of work from state, tribal, federal and local conservation partners,”

Allegations of misuse and abuse of the independent dispute resolution process are deeply concerning and risk undermining patient protections Congress intended with enactment of the No Surprises Act.