PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL for PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Implementation of funding provisions from prior Continuing Resolutions provisions for Agriculture, Interior, and Related Agencies for FY26 related to end of year spending and continuing resolutions through the end of 2026. FY27 appropriations issues, including: Agriculture, Interior & Related Agencies, Energy and Water.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Drought relief measures, permittee/producer assistance Wildfire relief measures, permittee/producer assistance - air and water quality Clean Air Act regarding wildfire emissions, existing emissions and avoided Clean Water Act, Water quantity (drought-related restrictions and federal plans, proposed measures to support voluntary conservation measures state-by-state) Greenhouse gas reporting requirements (appropriations)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

BLM & USFS grazing regulations BLM Land health standards/assessments DOI planning process National Historic Preservation Act regulations, consultations Cooperative monitoring, including MOUs and subsequent joint protocols Agency resource monitoring and data collection tools Wildfire policy; U.S. Wildland Fire Service policy Endangered Species Act revisions/modernization Grizzly Bear delisting regulations Gray Wolf Delisting; Pet and Livestock Protection Act and regulatory Mexican Gray Wolf ESA policy; delisting efforts NEPA policy, guidance and regulations; permitting reform Depredation policies, standards, and guidelines at APHIS and USFWS NRCS programs available to natural resource management Wild Horse and Burro Act funding and implementation Parochial grazing/land use bills H.R.6300/S.2787, Grasslands Grazing Act H.R.9533, FEES Act H.R.7567 (and Senate companion) Farm Bill 2026; nat res provisions, fire, forestry H.R.1110, Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction H.R.281/S.316, Grizzly Bear State Management Act H.R.302, Water Rights Protection Act H.R.1301, death tax repeal H.R.1897, the ESA Amendments Act H.R.2238, Ranching Without Red Tape Act H.R.1661/S.775, Save America's Forgotten Equines Act S.140, the Wildfire Prevention Act S.211, the Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Resource Conservation Health Act S.1306/H.R.845, to delist the Gray wolf H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act Implementation of livestock depredation provisions in the H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists resolutions Rangeland conservation (post-fire remediation and funding, post-WHB rehab, invasive species mitigation)

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills named: H.R. 7567 (119th), H.R. 2238 (119th), S. 775 (119th), H.R. 1110 (119th), S. 140 (119th), S. 211 (119th), H.R. 471 (119th), H.R. 1897 (119th), H.R. 845 (119th), S. 2787 (119th), S. 316 (119th), H.R. 1 (119th), H.R. 1301 (119th), H.R. 1661 (119th), H.R. 9533 (119th), H.R. 281 (119th), H.R. 302 (119th), H.R. 6300 (119th), S. 1306 (119th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R.7567, Farm Bill (and Senate companion) NRCS Conservation practice standards, application post-fire. EQIP, CRP Implementation for rangelands, wildlife pilot programs. Control and take practices for black vultures, coyotes, other predators; Depredation verification standards for Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves Animal Health programs - Foreign Animal Disease guidance for public lands, wildlife heath issues, New world screwworm playbook, bills, and policy Parochial grazing/land use bills, H.R.6300/S.2787, Grasslands Grazing Act Roadless Rule - USDA/USFS; Travel Management rule Grazing Action Plan USDA/DOI and subsequent MOUs/Secretarial orders, planning - vacant allotments, infrastructure planning Trade of beef impact on federal lands ranchers, regional differentiations

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2787 (119th), H.R. 6300 (119th), H.R. 7567 (119th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Conservation programs and conservation funding; easements, land trust issues etc. Siting of data centers, other novel land uses and disposition of revenues/impact to grazing allotments Land trade, disposal, appraisal processes; parochial state-disposals National Wildlife Refuge review, including review of grazing use from establishing documents Various land use, resource management plans across 14 western states Permittee grazing issues (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota) NEPA policy, guidance across implementation National Historic Preservation Act consultation, evaluation, archaeological survey timelines

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Animals ANI

Animal Health programs - Foreign Animal Disease guidance for public lands, wildlife heath issues, New World Screwworm Playbook, federal lands surveillance, detection protocols. Migratory Bird Treaty Act; regulatory changes and implementation Endangered Species Act implementation; species specific listing statuses and critical habitat designations; rulemakings section 4, 7 Wild and Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act Wildlife conservation measures, including habitat prioritization/management of contiguous parcels Depredation verification standards (Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves, other large predators) Depredation payments and funding allocations

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Environment/Superfund ENV

National Environmental Policy Act implementation, categorical exclusions, adoption across agencies Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act Forest and grassland management for wildfire mitigation funding, prioritization of targeted treatment areas, fireshed designations Coordination of resources pre- and post-disaster for land/resource remediation Grazing for fuels reduction Voluntary conservation programs with specific environmental outcomes Outcome based grazing

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES