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Phil Taylor, E&E News
A leading House Republican yesterday urged the president to exercise caution before designating a national monument to protect a rugged river gorge in northern New Mexico, arguing that the area is under no immediate threat of development.
In Fiscal Year 2011, the federal government sent states and localities $542 billion through approximately 1,000 different federal grant programs. States and localities returned close to $3.7 billion in unspent awarded grants back to the federal government. This unspent grant money is typically returned back to the federal granting agency for redistribution of the originally awarded grants. O
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Education:
1. H.R. 2514: The Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or A-PLUS Act
Phil Taylor, E&E News
January 31, 2011
Nearly 60 Republican lawmakers, mostly from the West, on Friday asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to rescind a new policy that directs field managers to inventory and protect wilderness-quality lands, arguing that it would significantly affect rural economies.
Wilderness Policy Sparks Western Ire
An Initiative to Expand Protection of Unspoiled Lands Has Drawn Opposition From Energy Companies and Ranchers
By Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal
By Ryan Sabalow, Redding Record Searchlight
There may not be American gray wolves in California yet, but U.S. Rep. Wally Herger has joined a group of Republican lawmakers urging the animals' removal from the Endangered Species Act — just in case.