Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Working to preserve the water and grazing rights of livestock ranchers who operate on federally managed lands. Working to expand grazing opportunities for new and existing ranchers.

Federal land transfer

Conservation programs and conservation funding; easements, land trust issues etc. 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

Appraisal Review Panel, Syndicated Easements

Issues related to land use and conservation easements. Issues related to taxation.

River and stream sustainability

H.R.926 - Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act H.R.2768 - Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026 H.R.3286 - Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2025 H.R.4290 - Downwinder Commemoration Act of 2025 H.R.5729 - North Rim Restoration Act of 2025 H.R.6062 - To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of federal land in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and for other purposes H.R.6365 -Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act H.J.Res 151 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan" H.J.Res 140 -Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN S.90 - Historic Roadways Protection Act S.446 - A bill to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes S.1516 - Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Study Act S.2102 - Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site Act S.2881 - A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes S.3527 - Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act S.J.Res 109 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan"

Issues related to land use and real estate development.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act S 616

Support for federal conservation programs.