Items Tagged with 'David Bernhardt'

There are expressions of optimism on both sides of Capitol Hill that lawmakers could reach a deal during the lame duck session on a government-wide spending bill for fiscal 2021.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., has declined to issue a preliminary injunction stopping ranchers from being allowed to kill a limited number of grizzly bears that threaten their livestock in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s job defending his department’s fiscal 2021 budget request on Wednesday was made a lot easier after President Donald Trump announced he would support full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Bills take aim at school pesticides, H-2A workers and more * Natural Resources is adding an environmental justice role * California Farm Bureau opposes split-roll tax and Prop 13 bond

CDFA funds chlorpyrifos alternatives * Landslide USMCA vote

Westlands drops effort to raise Shasta Dam * Produce group cautions on market probe

The Interior and Commerce departments have announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that were cheered by farmers and ranchers but harshly criticized by environmentalists, who vowed to challenge them in court.