10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (120+ words) FWS selected projects by identifying NWRS areas with planned, but unfunded, activities aligned with IRA purposes, and prioritizing parts of the country that had not previously received supplemental appropriations. However, the GAO report found that without performance goals, FWS cannot…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (261+ words) Conservation International Lobbies on Conservation Funding Legis1 Conservation International Lobbies on Conservation Funding Conservation International Foundation is lobbying Congress as the Trump Administration targets international conservation funding. The organization reported $171,705 in lobbying expenses for the second quarter of 2026, with no specific…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (582+ words) Legis1 Senate Committee Considers Conservation Bills Amid Workforce Cuts The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet on July 29 to consider a sweeping package of 22 conservation and public lands bills at a moment when the Trump administration is dramatically shrinking…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (207+ words) The Trump Administration has taken aggressive steps to reshape international environmental engagement, withdrawing from key conservation bodies, while simultaneously pushing a domestic agenda centered on what it describes as competitive seafood production. The information gap is significant: fourteen Atlantic shark…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (555+ words) The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on July 21 examining 25 bills that would reshape how America manages its protected lands. The bipartisan agenda signals momentum on park expansion and historic preservation, though time…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (268+ words) The workforce hemorrhaging at NRCS is staggering. The agency shed 23 percent of its staff between January 2025 and January 2026, dropping from 11,861 to 9,078 employees. That loss of nearly 2,800 positions has real consequences. Farmers report being denied access to conservation programs because funding…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (415+ words) Legis1 Congress Tests Park Maintenance Funding Solution The national park system is sitting on roughly $10 billion in deferred maintenance, the fund that was paying it down has expired, and the Trump administration's budget proposals have moved to cut construction and maintenance…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (431+ words) A new Congressional Research Service report outlines what remains at stake. The House bill rewrites significant pieces of how the federal government runs food and agriculture policy, and does so in ways that reflect the current administration's priorities. Whether those…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (524+ words) The most urgent item on the agenda is S.140, sponsored by committee member Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and cosponsored by fellow members Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Jim Risch (R-ID). The bill sets escalating annual targets for mechanical thinning and prescribed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (295+ words) Committee Chair Mike Lee (R-UT) is packaging bills affecting federal lands in at least nine states into a single session. For government affairs professionals, the breadth of the agenda means clients across multiple sectors, timber, mining, oil and gas, hydropower,…...