Public Lands
Natural Resources Committee Advances Water and Land Bills
The House Natural Resources Committee is preparing to markup nine bills that span water rights, land transfers, wildlife protections, and federal workplace...
Bipartisan Bill Seeks $1.9B to Fix Parks Backlog
In a Congress fractured along partisan lines, a conservation bill has managed something increasingly rare: genuine bipartisan embrace. [GAP] The H.R. 9250...
Trump's Wildlife Nominee Grilled on Conservation Experience
Why it matters: Kevin Lilly, President Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, faced tough questioning on his lack of...
Senate Holds Hearing for Nominees on Public Lands Policy
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced three assistant secretary nominees on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, filling positions vacant for 18...
Earth MRI Funding Faces Expiration as Critical Mineral Mapping Stalls
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an Earth MRI congressional hearing on June 25, 2026, examining the U.S....
Wildfires Burn at Record Rates, Trump Cuts Forest Service Funds
Why it matters: The Trump administration is cutting Forest Service funding by roughly 43 percent while simultaneously pushing states and private partners to...
Federal Lands Committee Advances Diverse Public Land Policy Bills
The House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Federal Lands is advancing a grab bag of seven bills that touch on everything from new national park...
Bipartisan Bills Advance on Natural Resources
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced four bipartisan bills during a legislative markup on June 10, 2026. The committee, led by Chair Bruce...
Red Mountain Land Preservers Hires Mehlman Consulting
Red Mountain Land Preservers has entered the lobbying landscape, registering with Mehlman Consulting Inc. to represent its interests on Capitol Hill. The...
Senate Votes on Nominees for Leadership Roles on Public Lands
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will examine three nominations that could reshape how the federal government manages public lands,...
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Hires Bernhardt Group on Natural Resources
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has registered with Bernhardt Group LLC to lobby on natural resources issues, marking a new lobbying engagement for the hotel...
Committee Scrutinizes Wealth Manager's Federal Lands Stewardship
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will examine the nomination of Kevin Lilly to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, a position...
Congress Scrutinizes Forest Service Reorganization Impact
The Forest Service is executing a sweeping reorganization that fundamentally reshapes how the agency manages the nation's forests, and Congress is only now...
Energy Fuels Hires Firm for Natural Resources Lobbying
Energy Fuels Inc. has registered as a new client with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, marking the company's formal entry into direct federal lobbying...
Fish and Wildlife Service Faces 20% Budget Cut in Heated Hearing
The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request would slash the Fish and Wildlife Service budget by 20 percent, eliminating funding for critical...
Platinum Group Metals Hires Brownstein for Palladium Lobbying
Platinum Group Metals Ltd. filed a new lobbying registration with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP on June 1, 2026, signed June 12. The registration...
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...
Colorado River Basin's 2026 Crisis
Why it matters: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened Wednesday for an oversight hearing on the Colorado River Basin's post-2026...