Fences have long been a barrier for Yellowstone pronghorn antelope, as they migrate to crucial winter habitat beyond park borders. Despite being the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere,… See more ›
From pronghorn antelope at Grand Teton to Florida panthers in the Everglades, national parks provide core habitat for a variety of species. But the same species that depend on parks require connectivity to habitat beyond park boundaries to thrive.
Connecting wildlife habitat is critical to helping wildlife find suitable habitat, food, water and mates. Species need the ability to move across landscapes to maintain healthy populations.
The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act gives federal land managers like the National Park Service (NPS) the authority to identify and better protect corridors to support connectivity, resilience and adaptability of native fish, wildlife and plants. This is complemented by a grant program for states, tribes and private landowners t
Natural Resources Committee gears up for full week of hearings
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State representatives welcome public to watch
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Natural Resources Committee is holding four livestreamed hearings next week to discuss public lands accessibility, wildlife trafficking and wildfire preparedness during climate change.
Tuesday, April 27, 12 p.m. EST
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), will host an oversight hearing titled
Accessibility for People with Disabilities on National Parks and Public Lands.
People with disabilities can get a free, lifetime Access Pass for any parks or public lands that require an entry fee. But many of America s parks and public lands are still not fully accessible.
Time: 12:00 PM
On
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) via the Cisco WebEx online video conferencing platform, and livestreamed on the Committee’s
YouTube pages, the Committee on Natural Resources is scheduled to hold a markup to consider the following bills:
H.R. 443 (Rep. Young), To convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act.
H.R. 1029 (Rep. Steube), To Waive the application fee for any special use permit for veterans special events at war memorials on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. â In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, the National Wildlife Federationâs Tracy Stone-Manning praised five bills that would reform and modernize the federal oil and gas leasing system, update methane regulations and restore balanced management to our nationâs public lands so that wildlife and local communities will thrive for generations to come.
âThe system is broken and the bills considered today will go a long way to fixing critical, common-sense needs: safeguarding our clean air and clean water, protecting taxpayers and ensuring more efficient and transparent government,â Stone-Manning, senior advisor for conservation at the National Wildlife Federation, told the subcommittee. âThese overdue reforms address an industry that for too long has had an outsized influence on our public lands, often at the expense of wildlife and people.â
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