Forest Service Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request
Forest Service Chief Randy Moore testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the agency’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. Senators expressed concerns about a…
3,128 viewsForest Service Chief Randy Moore testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the agency’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. Senators expressed concerns about a…
3,128 viewsAuthor Steve Dryden recounted the life of John Burroughs, a naturalist and essayist who lived in Washington, D.C., after the Civil War. This program was hosted by the Hill Center at the Old…
127 viewsHistorians and museum professionals talked about historic preservation and natural resource conservation efforts in the Great Dismal Swamp, located on the border of Virginia and North…
227 viewsThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on several pending pieces of legislation intended to improve outdoor recreation opportunities and infrastructure. Senators…
402 viewsJournalist Lizzie Johnson looked at the root causes of California’s 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. She was interviewed by Terry Baker, CEO of the Society of…
902 viewsPresident Biden made remarks on forests and land use at the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
350 viewsJennifer Yachnin talked about President Biden’s actions to protect three national monuments and potential challenges to future land protections.
306 viewsA Senate Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on forest management and preventing future fires. U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen testified on the agency’s efforts to…
385 viewsThe House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing to assess ways to improve wildfire research and coordination efforts. Among the witnesses were Washington state forester…
360 viewsU.S. Botanic Garden Executive Director Ari Novy talked about the history of the oldest botanic garden in North America, originally proposed by President Washington in a 1796 letter.
692 viewsThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on forest management and reforestation efforts. Testifying before the committee were experts in forest management and…
190 viewsThis documentary tells the history of the U.S. Forest Service. Created in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt and his Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, the service sought to conserve disappearing natural…
4,017 viewsRepresentative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) participated in a discussion on supply chain vulnerability hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center. Representative Gallagher spoke about the importance of…
135 viewsEmma Dumain talked about the Senate debate on the Great American Outdoors Act.
311 viewsSenators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) debated the Great American Outdoors Act, legislation to earmark funds from private oil and gas leases on…
168 viewsDuke University professor Laura Edwards taught a class on public lands and the law in the early American Republic. She looked at competing visions for westward expansion among the Founders,…
1,518 viewsRepresentative Rob Bishop (R-UT), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, talked about recently introduced legislation, the national parks and monuments, climate change,…
278 viewsDan Puskar of the Public Lands Alliance discussed the Natural Resources Management Act that was passed by Congress this week.
416 viewsEarl Swift reported on Virginia’s Tangier Island located in the Chesapeake Bay. The island is home to over 400 people and is projected to be uninhabitable due to rising sea levels within…
501 viewsColin Woodard, author of The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier, explained the beginnings of the Maine lobster industry and how it preserves itself. Maine’s lobster…
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