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House subcommittee hears competing views on bill to block Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge land protection plan
Summary
At a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries hearing, members considered H.R. 839, which would bar the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from implementing a land protection plan for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
At a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries hearing, members considered H.R. 839, a bill that would prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from implementing a land protection plan for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Representative Arrington of Texas introduced the measure and framed it as a check on federal land expansion.
The bill matters because the proposal would allow the Service to acquire interest in as much as 700,000 acres around the current refuge footprint, which the subcommittee heard would be an enormous increase from the refuge's existing 6,440 acres. Supporters including Rep. Arrington argued that expanding federal ownership would harm local economies,…
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