Insular affairs oceans and wildlife subcommittee

Washington The Humane Society of the United States today urged the U.S. House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife to reject a bill that would give hunters permission to import trophies of polar bears. H.R. 1054, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act specifically to allow 41 hunters, who ignored warnings from hunting organizations and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that a polar bear trophy import ban was likely to take place, to n

The Humane Society of the United States today urged the U.S. House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife to reject a bill that would give hunters permission to import trophies of polar bears. H.R. 1054, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act specifically to allow 41 hunters, who ignored warnings from hunting organizations and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that a polar bear trophy import ban was likely to take place, to nonetheless The following article appeared on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, on the Humane Society Legislative Fund Blog, “Animals and Politics.” It was written by Michael Markarian, the president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, a 501 social welfare organization that lobbies for animal welfare legislation and works to elect humane-minded candidates to public office. In almost 15 years in the animal protection movement, Markarian has worked for the passage of countless state laws and federal statut

The United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife is one of the four subcommittees within the House Natural Resources CommitteeThe Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife is responsible for wildlife resources, fisheries, oceanography, and insular areas. Republicans on the Subcommittee are ...SCI Testifies at Congressional Hearing Regarding the Import of Already Harvested Polar Bears SCI Represents Hunters and Science-Based Wildlife Management Safari Club Internationa Washington, D.C. – -- Today, Dr. William Moritz from Safari Club International testified in support of polar bear conservation and research before the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. At issue is H.R. 1054,

MEDIA RELEASE Ocean Conservancy’s Aquaculture Program Director George Leonard gave testimony Wednesday, Sept. 9 before the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. In the wake of last week’s Commerce Department decision to allow industrial fish farming into the Gulf of Mexico – along with an announcement from the Administration on the beginnings Text of the testimony of Christopher G. Mann to the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans, and Wildlife.Information on House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. Contact InformationThe Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife - led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo - has jurisdiction over legislation governing the Nation's U.S. Territories and ...

Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. 1334 Longworth House Office Building. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. 2:00 p.m. Agenda . Legislative HearingThis page was last modified on February 27, 2009, at 22:59. This page has been accessed 138 times. Content is available under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 license.Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited ...

Legislation can move slowly in Congress, but there are several wildlife protection bills moving with the speed and grace of a cheetah. Thanks largely to the leadership of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall , Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee Chairwoman Madeleine Bordallo , and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Grijalva , the House has already passed measures this year to protect sharks, cranes, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans: Oversight Hearing on The National Wildlife Refuge System September 24, 2008 Subcommittee On Insular Affairs Oversight Hearing On ...According to the World Wildlife Fund, conservation and endangered species protection are big in the U.S., but there is still a lot more work to be done and very little money to do it.According to WWF CEO Carter Roberts in a report to Congress, the illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss, and a multitude of other threats are pushing some species – such as tigers, elephants and turtles – to the brink of extinction. Roberts is urging for greater cooperation between government agencies, a commitment toThe Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund praise the U.S. House of Representatives, which took steps to protect rare animals of the sea through legislation passed last night. The House approved H.R. 556, the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act, which was introduced by longtime animal protection champion Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif. The bill passed by a vote of 316-107. The House also passed H.R. 509, the Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of

« David Bacon: Good Friday in a Oaxacan Colonia in Caruthers, California | Main Rose Villazor let us know that there will be a congressional hearing later this morning, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 10:00 am EST, regarding the implementation of "Public Law 110-229 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam."  Congress passed 110-229 last year to apply several provisions of the Immigration & Nationality Act to the CNMI. When the law officially becomes WASHINGTON — A mysterious disease that's killing tens of thousands of bats in the Northeast is spreading so fast that it could reach California within five years, biologists and officials of the Agriculture and Interior departments told lawmakers Thursday. “Never in my wildest imagination would I have dreamed of anything that could pose this serious a threat to America's bats,” Merlin Tuttle , a biologist with Bat Conservation International who's studied the creatures for 50 years, told two HousGreenWire : Texas officials are considering putting the state’s caves off limits to humans in an effort to stop the spread of a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations in other states. White-nose syndrome — named for the white fungus that appears on the noses of sick bats — was first discovered in New York in 2007 and has since spread to 10 states, including Oklahoma. “With its rate of spread could certainly be in Texas within two years,” said Merlin Tuttle of Bat C

A Congressional subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for legislation that could effectively ban ownership of thousands of nonnative species in the United States, including most birds, reptiles, fish and several mammals commonly kept as pets. The legislation currently exempts dogs, cats, horses, goldfish and a variety of farm animals, all of which are also not native to the United States. The House Committee on Natural Ressubcommittee on insular affairs, oceans and wildlife regarding h.r. 934, a bill to convey certain submerged lands to the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands in order to give ...