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Members and witnesses warn agency staffing cuts threaten wildlife and fisheries work
Summary
During the subcommittee hearing, members and witnesses raised repeated concerns that recent personnel reductions at NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NMFS have weakened agencies' ability to collect field data and carry out ESA consultations and fisheries work.
Several members and witnesses used the hearing to press the committee and witnesses about recent staffing changes at federal conservation and fisheries agencies and the consequences for implementing conservation laws and managing resources.
What members said: Ranking Member Diana DeGette Hoyle and Representative Jared Huffman repeatedly described large numbers of federal employees placed on leave or removed from posts, and they told the committee the administration had not provided adequate information about those personnel actions. Huffman said the Fish and Wildlife Service "has lost approximately 50% of its information and planning" capacity and that "over 400 Fish and Wildlife Service employees have…
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