Congress
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,...
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...
Congress Attempts to Fix Wildfire Prevention Delays
A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the stakes for getting federal land policy right on wildfire could hardly be higher. The...
House Questions Forest Service Chief Amid Staff Cuts
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on the state of federal forests and the 2026 wildfire outlook on June 4,...
Sea Lion and Salmon Laws Clash in Conservation Dilemma
A Congressional Research Service report updated June 5, 2026 puts a sharp point on one of the Pacific Northwest's most intractable wildlife conflicts: sea...
As Wildfires Burn, Senate Considers Public Lands Bills
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to convene a sprawling business meeting on June 10, advancing more than two dozen bills that...
Senate Discusses Plans For the Colorado River Basin
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a Colorado River Basin hearing for Wednesday, June 10, at 2:00 p.m. in 366 Dirksen Senate...
Upcoming Debate on Marine Bills Include Fishing, Otter Trade
Four bills with consequences stretching from Alaskan Native villages to the Gulf Coast to disputed Pacific waters are headed for a House Natural Resources...
Coeur d'Alene Tribe Hires S2R for Federal Lobbying
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has filed a new lobbying registration with S2R LLC, targeting Indian/Native American Affairs and Natural Resources before Congress.
Senate To Take on More Than 30 Energy, Natural Resources Legislation
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a business meeting for June 10 at 1:30 p.m. in 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building to vote on...
Federal Intervention Looms as Colorado River Crisis Deepens
The Colorado River is in crisis, and Washington is running out of time to act. Just five days before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's...
Competing Claims for Public Lands Face House Committee Vote
Four bills touching federal land use, tribal sovereignty, bird conservation, and military readiness are headed to a full committee vote at the House Natural...
The Great American Outdoors Act 250
The House Natural Resources Committee is heading to Hot Springs, Arkansas on June 12 for a legislative field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great...