Trump USDA nominee gets smooth confirmation hearing
An Idaho businessman tapped to become the new leader of the U.S. Forest Service faced little questioning over his past land disputes with the agency during his confirmation hearing. Michael Boren, who co-founded the multi-billion dollar investment firm Clearwater Analytics, has sparred with the Forest Service in recent years over his ranch in central Idaho. The property is within the protected Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Neighbors said he built an airstrip before getting the required permits, and the Forest Service accused a company formerly linked to him of building an unauthorized cabin on federal land. President Donald Trump nominated Boren to serve as the U.S.D.A undersecretary for natural resources and environment, which oversees the Forest Service and the 193 million acres of land under its jurisdiction.
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