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Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Comment on Endangered Species Coalition Report
Summary: The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today commented on the Endangered Species Coalition’s report on priorities for a new administration by…
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BLM Releases Flawed Planning Rule in the Closing Days of Presidents Term
WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2016) – The Bureau of Land Management today released a final version of BLM planning 2.0. Ethan Lane, Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and…
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NCBA and PLC File Opening Brief in WOTUS Legal Battle
WASHINGTON (November 1, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council, along with other industry and municipal stakeholders, filed the opening brief…
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OIG Finds BLM Wild Horse and Burro Programs Out of Compliance
WASHINGTON (Oct. 28, 2016) – In a report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, the OIG found the Bureau of Land Management’s…
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Sage Grouse Management Plans Based on Inaccurate Science
WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2016) – One year after the announcement by the Department of Interior that a listing under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted for the greater…
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NCBA and PLC Accepting Applications for Spring Internships – Open Positions Include Public Policy Intern and Semester Law Clerk
WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a 2017…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Takes Steps to Address ESA Deficiencies
WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2016) – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final rule that begins to address rampant abuse of the Endangered Species Act listing…
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Congress Steps in to Address Continued Abuse of Antiquities Act
WASHINGTON (Sept. 22, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council applaud Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)…
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BLM Advisory Board Recommends Increased Management of Exploding Wild Horse Population
WASHINGTON (September 12, 2016) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, made up of a wide range of stakeholders, recommended last week significant management…
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2016 Public Lands Council Meeting Wraps Up; Utah Rancher Takes the Reins
WASHINGTON (September 12, 2016) – On Sat. Sept. 10, 2016, the annual Public Lands Council meeting wrapped up with a high desert range and operation tour in Southern Idaho….
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Public Lands Council Hosts Annual Meeting in Boise, Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (Sept. 8, 2016) – Western ranchers are gathering this week in Boise, Idaho, for the 2016 Public Lands Council annual meeting. As the only organization in Washington…
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Environmental Groups Hamper Endangered Species Conservation
WASHINGTON (August 23, 2016) – Today, the Center for Biological Diversity along with other radical environmental groups threatened to sue the Department of Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service…
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Interior Appropriations Bill Advances through Committee
WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016) – Today, the House Committee on Appropriations favorably reported the FY 2017 Interior and Environment appropriations bill to the House of Representatives by a vote…
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House Interior Appropriations Committee Marks Up FY17 Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2016) – Statement by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Tracy Brunner on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies mark-up of the…
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NCBA, PLC Accepting Fall Law Clerk Applications
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., is accepting applications for a law…
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