WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, has announced plans to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated cultural items in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, representing at least two individuals of Native American ancestry, were surface collected in 2016 along Lakeside Road in Navajo County, Arizona, by the Arizona Game and   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Dalton Dobson, a rancher from Arizona, from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Understanding the Consequences of Experimental Populations Under the Endangered Species Act": * * * Chairman Gosar and members of the subcommittee, thank you for allowing me to be here today representing the voice of the American rancher. I am a 5th generation rancher from Ariz  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University has completed an inventory of human remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined cultural affiliation with several Native American Tribes. The remains, consisting of hair clippings from seven individuals, were collected between 1930 and 1933 at three locations: Fort Mohave Indian School in Mohave County, Arizona; Pawnee Indian Res  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call on Trump Administration to Halt and Reverse Contract Cancellations Impacting Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits 585 Canceled Contracts Included Those Supporting Implementation of the Bipartisan PACT Act, Legislation that Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Access Health Care and Benefits Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joined   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Vote Against Republicans' Effort to Hand Trump and Musk More Tools to Harm New Mexicans WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement after voting against Republicans' yearlong Continuing Resolution, which removes nearly all guardrails on federal funding and g  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act: "The fentanyl crisis has taken far too many innocent lives and has devastated communities across New Mexico and the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Gutting the Department of Education Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration effectively gutting the Department of Education's workforce: "The Department of Education's mission is to ensure access to education for students in every corner of our country--regardless of w  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cassidy, Trahan Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Increase Online Transparency, Simplify User Agreements Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced the reintroduction of the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act to require commercial websites and mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Vote Against Republicans' Effort to Hand Trump and Musk More Tools to Harm New Mexicans WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement after voting against Republicans' yearlong Continuing Resolution, which removes nearly all guardrails on federal funding and gives the Trump administration and Elon Musk unprecede  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following testimony by Christopher Servheen, board chair and president of the Montana Wildlife Federation, from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Understanding the Consequences of Experimental Populations Under the Endangered Species Act": * * * Good morning. My name is Chris Servheen, and I was the USFWS Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for 35 years. As such, I led the U.S. Fish and  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, through the San Juan National Forest, has announced its intent to repatriate the remains of ten individuals and an associated funerary object recovered from federal land in Montezuma County, Colorado. The remains were found at two archaeological sites within the National Register of Historic Places Archaeological District 5MT6599 along the shorelines of McPhee Reservoir on the Dolores Ranger District. The sites  more