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Representatives Carbajal, Panetta send letter to Interior Department – On June 29, Congressmen Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) sent a letter with their House colleagues to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging her to use her emergency authority under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to save the western monarch butterfly. Earlier this year, President Biden ordered the Department of Interior to review the previous administration’s decision to delay protect...

March 8, 2021 at 9:30 am Senators Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz and Representatives Ed Case and Kai Kahele introduced legislation that directs the U.S. Forest Service to assess the potential for Hawaiʻi lands to be declared a national forest, in partnership with local stakeholders from the state and community. National forests receive federal funding to sustain healthy forests, conserve watersheds and wildlife habitats, reduce fire hazards, and provide community recreational access. Th...