Government Operations

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....

Agriculture

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...

Legislation

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...

Congress

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...

Public Lands

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...

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,...

Environment

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...

Government Operations

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...

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

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...

Government Operations

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...

Commerce

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...

Legislation

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...

Congress

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...

Environment

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...

Government Operations

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,...

Legislation

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...