Blog: Committee OKs Moore’s bill to manage saline lake ecosystems
The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) to better manage conservation efforts for saline lake ecosystems and migratory birds in the West. … The Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2021, H.R. 5345, which Rep. Moore introduced on Sept. 23 with lead original cosponsor U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), would authorize the director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a regional program to assess, monitor and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin …