My name is Lannette, and I’ve been interning with the National Wildlife Refuge Association this summer.
The Story Of The Desert Bighorn Sheep And The Bombs That Would Destroy Their Home
At 1.6 million acres, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is the largest national wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established this refuge in 1936 to protect one of the largest blocks of intact desert bighorn sheep habitat in the Southwest. The U.S. Air Force is now proposing to take control of over 1 million acres of these refuge lands.
Working in Alaska
The National Wildlife Refuge Association continues to counter an assault on Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges by the state’s powerful congressional delegation, now empowered by the Trump administration to undo 40 years of protection afforded Alaska’s refuges by the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
The State of Play- 2018 Elections and the 116th Congress
As of Wednesday morning, November 7, with many races still undecided, the leadership of the House will flip to the Democrats in the 116th Congress beginning January 3, 2019, but the Senate will remain controlled by the GOP. While the election shows how divided the country still is, the House will now have subpoena power over the Trump Administration and will be able to stop almost any proposed legislation from the President. In a word, near complete gridlock and two years of intense oversight of administrative actions.