Public Lands

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.

Legislation

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...

Government Operations

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...

Congress

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...

Environment

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...

Public Lands

House Passes Battlefield Bill for Historic Site Preservation

The American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act cleared the House floor vote on June 2 with 403 votes in favor and just 13 against, a margin that...

Politics

Senate Confirms Montana Judge Kathleen Lane in Party-Line Vote

The 52–46 vote was a clean partisan split — and a preview of the judicial wars still to come.

Government Operations

National Park Service Budget Squeezed Despite Growing Needs

A new Congressional Research Service report on NPS appropriations trends lays bare a decade-long squeeze on the National Park Service: the agency is being...

Environment

House Passes Marine Conservation Bill Despite Trump's NOAA Cuts

The House passed the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act on a 374-49 vote, reauthorizing a federally backed program that...

Congress

Committee Reviews Wildlife Conservation Cuts

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine a budget proposal that, if enacted, would fundamentally reshape the federal government's...

Public Lands

Senate Backs Tribal Land Bills But Legal Hurdles Remain

Why it matters: The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on nine tribal land bills, with federal witnesses signaling broad support but...

Government Operations

Forest Service Reorganization Clashes With Wildfire Season Cuts

Why it matters: The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Forest Service on June 2, 2026, with...

Civil Rights

Senate Committee Weighs Tribal Land Rights Bills

Three tribal land bills that already passed the House are now waiting on the Senate — and a hearing scheduled for Wednesday at 628 Dirksen will determine...

Government Operations

Federal Forests Hearing: Wildfire Season, Staffing Cuts Collide

With more than 61% of the United States under drought conditions, snowpack across key Western ranges at just 40–60% of normal, and experts warning that 2026...

Government Operations

Landslide Safety Law Underfunded as Implementation Stalls

A Congressional Research Service report updated May 14 finds that the federal government has only partially implemented a 2021 law designed to build a...

Environment

Federal Fuel Treatment Capacity Falls Far Short

A new Congressional Research Service report on wildfire fuel treatments lands at a politically charged moment: the Trump Administration is simultaneously...

Environment

Congress Defends EPA Funding Against Massive Cuts

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies convenes Thursday for a markup of the FY 2027 Interior Environment...