America's 13,000 miles of coastline and 3.4 million square nautical miles of ocean grace our nation with majestic views, beautiful beaches and unique fish and plant species.
The Grand Canyon is
one of America's most treasured and
unrivaled natural majesties.
The powerful Rio Grande is protected as a Wild and Scenic River as it flows below Big Bend National Park.
El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico showcases the exquisite beauty of a tropical rainforest.
The setting sun illuminates the Western desert.
California's majestic redwood trees reveal the unique beauty of our National Forests.
Wild horses, an icon of the American West, roam America's valleys and plains.
American bison, long a symbol of our national heritage, graze freely in Yellowstone National Park.
Rahall Urges Commerce Department to Drop Offshore Aquaculture Plan
Thursday, 05 February 2009
WASHINGTON D.C. - Continuing his opposition to piecemeal regulation of aquaculture in federal waters, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) this week called on the Commerce Department to dismiss the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's (Gulf Council) efforts to control offshore aquaculture permitting.
Rahall Calls for New Leadership on U.S. Anti-Whaling Efforts
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
WASHINGTON D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) this week called for the replacement of the current U.S. Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), amid growing criticisms that holdover political appointees of the Bush Administration are proposing to dismantle the current worldwide ban on commercial whaling.
WASHINGTON D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA) Wednesday announced the roster of Members who will serve on each of the four Subcommittees for the 111 Congress.
Subcommittee Chairs Selected for House Natural Resources Committee
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
WASHINGTON D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) today announced that the Committee's Democratic Caucus has selected the Chairmen and Chairwomen who will lead the four Subcommittees for the 111 Congress.
Rahall Legislation Brings Antiquated Hardrock Mining Law into the 21st Century
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
WASHINGTON D.C. - Nearly 137 years to the day after the U.S. House of Representatives began debate on what became the Mining Law of 1872, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) today reintroduced legislation to reform the antiquated law that has allowed large corporations to extract hardrock minerals from publicly-owned federal lands in the West with no royalties paid to the American people.
