House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) announcement of its decision to list the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The population loss of the bat is primarily caused by a disease called white nose syndrome (WNS)… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Ashe:
On March 4. 2015, I sent you a letter requesting certain information regarding the proposed listing of the Northern Long-Eared Bat ("NLEB"). Specifically, the letter requested that you provide, among other things, "data, population models, or any other
analytical tools used which demonstrate (1)… Read more »
Below is an exchange between exchange between Chairman Bishop and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.
MOUs?
Chairman Bishop: “Have the states…screwed up? Are the state [water] engineers incompetent? Is that what the Forest Service is trying to say?” Bishop asked
Chief Tidwell: “No...”
Lawsuits?
Chief Tidwell: “We can maybe… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 152 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
* For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 308 Out of Committee (Approved by Voice Vote)
To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.
Grijalva of Arizona 024 Amendment (Failed 10-21. View Roll Call Vote)
* For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 373 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and for other purposes.
* For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 404 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
* For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 979 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point”
* For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 984 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on feasibility of designating as a national historic trail the Chief Standing Bear Trail extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which follows the route taken by… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1168 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the final approval of any foster care placement or a foster care license from being issued until the tribal social services agency: (1) completes a criminal records check of each covered individual who resides in the household or is… Read more »
